Japan confirms 2nd new virus case, braces for Chinese tourist influx

Japan confirmed Friday a second infection related to a deadly new coronavirus, rushing to take preventive steps against the outbreak in China ahead of an expected influx of tourists from that country during its Lunar New Year holiday.The patient was a man in his 40s visiting from Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus originated, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, adding he had been hospitalized in Tokyo and was in a stable condition.The infection was confirmed on the first day of the holiday, during which Chinese people are expected to make 3 billion trips. More than …READ FULL ARTICLE