Abe calls for stricter vigilance against China pneumonia

January 21, 2020

Tokyo--Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged cabinet ministers on Tuesday to pay increased attention to pneumonia caused by a new strain of coronavirus following an outbreak of in Wuhan, China.

"With the number of patients continuing to increase in China, we need to be more vigilant" against the pneumonia, Abe said at a meeting of relevant ministers.

Participants at the meeting agreed to step up necessary measures, including thorough quarantine inspections and gathering related information.

Abe instructed ministries and agencies concerned to strengthen border controls, manage the system to detect and examine suspected patients in Japan, and conduct full-scale information gathering under close international cooperation. Jiji Press