More than 400 people have now been repatriated from Wuhan, the centre of the outbreak that has killed 170 people and infected thousands. Two of Wednesday’s returnees initially refused to be tested for the virus, although officials said the pair were now willing to be checked. The woman was a tour guide — for visitors from Wuhan — who worked on the same bus as a driver who also contracted the virus. “We are in a truly new situation.”Earlier Thursday, 210 Japanese arrived on a second flight from Wuhan, with a third trip expected to collect remaining citizens. Japan is not forcibly quarantining arrivals, saying they lack the legal basis to confine people who have not tested positive for the virus.

Source: The Guardian January 30, 2020 12:45 UTC