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Japan Looks to Evacuate Citizens From Virus-Stricken Wuhan, Hubei Province - Abe

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Japanese authorities are coordinating with China to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.

The Japanese Health Ministry has confirmed a fourth case of infection by China's coronavirus, public broadcaster NHK reported.

The case was confirmed in a citizen of Wuhan who had arrived in Japan on 22 January on holidays, according to the NHK. The man was hospitalised in Aichi prefecture, central Japan, and tested positive for the virus, the report said.

According to the public broadcaster NHK, the Japanese foreign ministry is in contact with relevant Chinese ministries in order to arrange a charter flight to the quarantined Wuhan to return home its supposedly 700 nationals in the region.

Abe said the government worked through the weekend to contact its citizens in the Hubei province and establish their readiness to leave.

The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has started developing a vaccine against the new deadly coronavirus, the official China Daily newspaper reported earlier in the day, citing a health official.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, a staff member moves bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center in Wuhan, China, where some people infected with a new virus are being treated.  - Sputnik International
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