South Korea broadened monitoring at its international airports of Incheon and Cheongju to check on passengers’ health since a Chinese woman tourist was positive yesterday for the coronavirus causative agent of this evil.
The woman is in quarantine, she is stable and none of her 44 close people show pneumonia symptoms.
In Japan, there is also a confirmed case, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed today the issue with his cabinet,and they decided to deploy specialized equipment in the high risk areas to hinder that pathogen in the country.
Besides, Abe will coordinate with other countries and concerning entities, and will collect data from the World Health Organization with the purpose of keeping the public posted.
Thailand enforced the compulsory scanning at the airports of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Krabi, to those arriving from China due to the fact that two visitors get infected last week.
Likewise, Vietnam and Australia are carrying out strict health check-outs in their bordering points.
China increased this Tuesday its death toll to 4 and 226 infected by the pneumonia outbreak, which forced to proceed with national provisions because it started in Wuhan and it spread to other localities of the country.
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