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A woman working as a tour-bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time; the first person in the country to do so amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection. sabcnews

The second positive test comes as the number of confirmed cases in Japan rose to 186 by Thursday from around 170 the day before.

The woman, a resident of Osaka in western Japan, tested positive on Wednesday after developing a sore throat and chest pains, the prefectural government said in a statement, describing her as being in her forties. She first tested positive in late January and was discharged from the hospital after recovering on February 1, according to the statement.

The outbreak has spread rapidly and widely, infecting about 80,000 people globally and killing nearly 2,800, the vast majority in mainland China.

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With our porous borders, how is South Africa going to manage the problem.... our northern border with Zim is a joke... officials at the airports are wide open to bribery.... ouch ouch

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