197 People On Chartered Flight Test Negative
Japan's health ministry says 197 people who have stayed in isolation after returning from Wuhan, China, on the first of the government's chartered flights from the city have tested negative for the new coronavirus.
Two hundred six people were on the plane that arrived in Japan on January 29. The 197 did not show any symptoms and tested negative when they were first checked.
They spent 12 and half days -- the likely maximum incubation period of the virus -- at facilities in Chiba and Saitama prefectures, near Tokyo. The period was indicated by the World Health Organization.
The 197 were last tested on Tuesday, after the period. They were cleared on Wednesday.
They are to be allowed to leave the facilities from Wednesday night.
The ministry says it will not set particular restrictions on the people's daily lives after they return home.
