Japan Confirms 3rd Case Of New Coronavirus


Japan confirms 3rd case of new coronavirus

Health authorities in Japan have confirmed the country's third case of the new coronavirus.

Health ministry officials say a woman in her 30s from the inland Chinese city of Wuhan complained of fever and other symptoms after she arrived in Japan last Saturday as a tourist.

The officials say that tests have confirmed the woman is infected with the coronavirus.

The two other cases of coronavirus are a Chinese man in his 30s who returned from Wuhan to Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, and another Chinese man in his 40s who also arrived in Japan from Wuhan.