Japan's government plans to ask passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were in close contact with those infected by the new coronavirus to stay in facilities it has prepared to monitor their health.
Japan's central bank chief has voiced concern about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the economy.
China has reported that several prisons have had mass infections of the new coronavirus.
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Key words : ask close contact
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Japan's government plans to have passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were in close contact with those infected by the new coronavirus stay in facilities it has prepared to monitor their health.
Health minister Katsunobu Kato made the announcement on Friday. The ministry had previously planned to have such passengers remain on the ship.
The passengers who tested negative for the virus are disembarking from the ship, docked in Yokohama Port, after a 14-day quarantine.
But those who shared a room with infected spouses or others remain on the ship along with crew members.
Kato indicated that these passengers will be transferred to facilities arranged by the government to continue to observe the rest of a separate quarantine, which began when the infected people left.
The crew members will be tested and remain quarantined on the ship in principle. But some of them may be tasked with managing the vessel, while others may return to their countries on chartered flights. Kato indicated the authorities will negotiate with the ship's owner regarding such cases.
Key words : Hokkaido say developed fever
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Officials in Hokkaido say they have confirmed three more coronavirus infections in the northern Japanese prefecture.
Two of the cases announced on Friday are brothers living in Nakafurano Town. They are both elementary school students.
The other is a woman in her 40s who lives in Chitose City, and has been working as a quarantine officer at New Chitose Airport.
The officials say the two brothers were hospitalized after they developed fevers last Saturday and on Tuesday. They say both are getting better.
The officials say the woman had a mild fever on Sunday and her temperature increased the following day. She visited a clinic on Tuesday and has been recuperating at home.
Key words : central bank chief
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Japan's central bank chief has voiced concern about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the economy. Haruhiko Kuroda was speaking to a Lower House committee on Friday.
"We hear specific concerns from businesses such as hotels and department stores about the drop in visitors from China," Kuroda said. "We need to be aware the impact on the Japanese economy could be bigger than we expect now."
Kuroda reiterated that the bank will not hesitate to take additional easing measures if necessary.
He said the effect of outbreak on the global economy will be top of the agenda at the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Saudi Arabia over the weekend.
Key words : multilingual
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Authorities in some prefectures where people are confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are providing multilingual information services for foreigners visiting or living in Japan.
Okinawa Prefecture has set up a round-the-clock hotline serviced by medical professionals who provide information on medical institutions that can handle foreign languages. The service is available in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Thai. The phone number is 0570-050-235.
Fukuoka Prefecture has a hotline, which is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Multilingual Medical Information Service Call Center provides the service in 17 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, Tagalog, Indonesian, Portuguese, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Malay, Burmese, and Khmer.
The phone number is 092-286-9595.
A hotline is also available for foreigners visiting Yamaguchi Prefecture and those in the Kyushu region. The service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The service is available in 17 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, Tagalog, Indonesian, Portuguese, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Malay, Burmese, and Khmer.
The phone number is 092-687-6639.
Osaka Prefecture is offering telephone services in 10 languages including English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Thai, Indonesian and Nepalese. The Osaka Foundation of International Exchange is providing a hotline on weekdays and on the second and fourth Sundays. The phone number is 06-6941-2297.
The Osaka International House Foundation is also offering telephone services in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog. The phone number is 06-6773-6533.
And the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau has a hotline exclusively in Chinese. The phone numbers are 080-1460-7627 and 080-1463-3489.
Kyoto Prefecture is offering the telephone support services in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Portuguese and Spanish. The service is provided by the Kyoto Prefectural International Center every day, except for the second and fourth Tuesdays and holidays. The phone number is 075-343-9666.
Wakayama Prefecture is providing information in English, Chinese and Tagalog through the Wakayama International Exchange Center. Tagalog is available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. English and Chinese are available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Wednesday. The phone number is 073-435-5240.
Aichi Prefecture is offering support through its Multilingual Call Center. The call center can be accessed using a smartphone, by first visiting the prefecture's official tourism site Aichi Now, where there is a link to the call center page. A call can be made by pressing the button on the page.
The service is available in 9 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish for 24 hours.
Thai service is available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Calls in Vietnamese, Tagalog, and French can be made from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m..
Mie Prefecture is offering telephone information in 10 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian and Thai.
The service is provided by the Mie Consultation Center for Foreign Residents on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The phone number is 080-3300-8077.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is offering a hotline for speakers of English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Thai and can refer people to relevant public health centers as necessary. The service is provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Information Center "Himawari" from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day including weekends and holidays. The phone number is 03-5285-8181.
In Saitama Prefecture, the Saitama Information & Support is offering telephone support services in 10 languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Nepalese.
The service is available on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The phone number is 048-833-3296.
Hokkaido Prefecture is also providing an information hotline in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Thai, Russian, Nepalese, Indonesian and Burmese. The service is provided by the Hokkaido Foreign Resident Support Center. The phone number is 011-200-9595. The service is available on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Key words : china has reported
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China has reported that several prisons have had mass infections of the new coronavirus.
Authorities in Shandong Province said on Friday that 200 inmates and seven prison officials have been infected.
Officials in Hubei Province say 271 cases have been confirmed at two prisons. Zhejiang Province has reported 34 in-prison infections.
China has so far confirmed a total of 75,465 cases of the new coronavirus, with the number of deaths reaching 2,236.
Despite the rising toll, the Chinese government is trying to normalize business activities where possible.
It has ranked the infection risks of all regions except the worst-hit Hubei Province on a 3-tiered scale, and is encouraging businesses to resume operations in areas judged to have the lowest risk.
However, companies face the challenge of preventing infections among their workforce. Some firms that resumed operations have been forced to suspend their activities once again, after their workers were found to be infected.
Key words : China says clinical trial
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China says clinical trials for vaccines to fight the new coronavirus will likely start between late April and May.
The government announced on Friday that research institutions in the country are working to develop vaccines, and that some have started animal tests.
It suggested that vaccines under development could be used as an emergency measure under certain conditions.
The government said it gave an antimalarial drug, chloroquine phosphate, to 135 patients in a clinical trial and that it showed good effects on all of them, including five severely ill patients.
Chinese officials say treatment using blood plasma from people who have been cured of infection by the virus is effective in treating those with severe symptoms.
They said that at least 100 cured patients have donated enough plasma to treat at least 200 gravely ill patients.
The officials are calling for more donations from people who have been discharged from hospitals.
Key words : US state apologize Japanese-American
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The assembly of the US state of California has passed a resolution to apologize for the state legislature's role in carrying out the federal government's internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two.
The resolution was approved unanimously on Thursday. It says an executive order signed by then-President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 forced more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans to give up their homes and jobs and move to internment camps.
It notes the state apologizes for the relocation, saying that learning lessons from the past is important.
During the war, people of Japanese descent in the United States were regarded as immigrants from an enemy country and were sent to detention facilities in rural areas.
In 1988, then-President Ronald Reagan formally apologized for the injustice and ordered reparations be made to the victims.
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