Japanese Evacuation Flight Brings Back Workers From China’s Wuhan City

Japanese Evacuation Flight Brings Back Workers From China’s Wuhan City
People wearing face masks walk on a street in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 29, 2020. Nobuki Ito/Kyodo News via AP
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TOKYO—The first group of Japanese evacuees from a virus-hit Chinese city arrived in Tokyo on Jan. 29, a dozen of them with cough and fever including two who were later diagnosed with pneumonia.

Five of the 206 evacuees were taken to designated Tokyo hospitals specializing in treating infectious diseases, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a parliamentary session, adding that they were still checking if any passengers were ill with the virus.