Japan minister apologises after woman who left virus-stricken ship tests positive

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CORONAVIRUS | Japan is facing growing questions about whether it is doing enough to stop the spread of the flu-like virus.

Japan’s health minister has apologised after a woman who was allowed to leave a coronavirus-infected cruise ship docked near Tokyo tested positive for the virus.in Yokohama on Wednesday following a two-week quarantine on board but was found to be positive following another test in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Japan’s government is facing growing questions about whether it is doing enough to stop the spread of the flu-like virus, which originated in China and has killed more than 2,400, as Tokyo prepares to host the 2020 Olympics in July. The US State Department raised its travel advisory for Japan to Level 2 on its four-notch scale yesterday because of what it termed “sustained community spread”.

 

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