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Japan’s health ministry said it had confirmed the country’s second case of a novel coronavirus strain in a man who travelled from Wuhan.
In a statement, the ministry said the man in his 40s was a resident of the Chinese city where the outbreak began and arrived in Japan on January 19.
Fourteen people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus, Public Health England said.
Five people tested negative and nine are still awaiting the results.