(Medical workers wait for disinfection after medical aid on "suspected case" during anti-MERS drill at Qingdao Port on June 18, 2015 in Qingdao, Shandong province of China)
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TOKYO - A man has tested positive in Japan's first confirmed case of infection with pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus from China, the Japanese health ministry said Thursday.