Coronavirus: Japan and Germany confirm patients who caught disease did not visit China

Two people from Japan and Germany who had contracted coronavirus had not visited the area in China where the deadly viral outbreak originated, authorities have confirmed.

One of the patients was a Japanese tour bus driver in his 60s in the city of Nara who had driven two groups of Chinese tourists who had come from Wuhan earlier this month.​

He was diagnosed with pneumonia on Saturday and has now been hospitalised.

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Another man in his 40s who lives in Wuhan and arrived in Japan on 20 January was also confirmed to have contracted the virus, the ministry said.

The ministry said it was checking on people who had been in contact with the two new patients. The latest infections bring the total number of confirmed Japanese cases to six.

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The Chinese army deployed medical specialists to the epicentre of the spiralling viral outbreak that has killed and spread around the world AFP via Getty 2/60 A patient assisted by medical staff gets off an ambulance in Wuhan AFP/Getty 3/60 Children with face masks wash their hands before prayer at Erawan shrine in Bangkok. Thailand has detected eight Coronavirus cases so far AFP via Getty 4/60 Millions spent their normally festive Lunar New Year holiday under lockdown Getty 5/60 An Indonesian health officer points at the screen of a thermal scanner for passengers China confirmed that the deadly Wuhan coronavirus virus can be transmitted between humans AFP via Getty 6/60 Ambulance staff dispose of an outfit at the hospital in Wuhan EPA 7/60 A person checks the temperature of a passenger to help stop the spread of a deadly virus as he arrives at the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International airport in Palembang AFP via Getty 8/60 Medical staff at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital AFP via Getty 9/60 Staff disinfecting a residential area in Ruichang, part of Jiujiang in China's central Jiangxi province AFP via Getty 10/60 Vapor blurs the goggles of an ambulance driver while they work, in Wuhan EPA 11/60 Workers producing facemasks at a factory in Yangzhou AFP via Getty 12/60 An airport official checks the temperature of a passenger upon his arrival at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar AFP via Getty 13/60 Workers are seen at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat patients from a deadly virus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 27, 2020. - China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken thousands of people, state media reported on January 24. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images) HECTOR RETAMAL AFP via Getty 14/60 Medical staff getting on an ambulance in Wuhan AFP via Getty 15/60 Medical staff members arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital AFP via Getty 16/60 An ambulance driver talking with medical staff in Wuhan AFP via Getty 17/60 Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team leave the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market The new coronavirus appears to have its origins in a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, a popular transport hub AFP via Getty 18/60 Workers produce protective suits at a factory in Nantong AFP via Getty 19/60 Passengers scanned by thermal imaging for body temperature as they go through health measures and procedures after they landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport on a southern airlines flight from Wuhan Aeroporto Di Roma/AFP via Getty 20/60 A Thai royal guard wears a mask while on duty at the Grand Palace in Bangkok EPA 21/60 A man wearing a face mask rides a nearly empty subway train in Beijing AP 22/60 Medical staff members at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital AFP via Getty 23/60 A shopper wearing goggles with a face mask and gloves uses a self checkout machine at a supermarket in Wuhan AP 24/60 Medical staff transfer patients to Jinyintan hospital EPA 25/60 Members of the Italian Red Cross putting on protective gear, getting ready to give health checks to passengers that landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport on a southern airlines flight from Wuhan Aeroporto Di Roma/AFP via Getty 26/60 A member of the Hong Kong government's Civil Aid Service gestures at the entrance to the Lady MacLehose Holiday Village which is being used as one of two quarantine centres for people who have been in close proximity with suspected cases of a SARS-type virus. Hong Kong will turn two holiday camps, including a former military barracks, into quarantine zones for people who may have come into contact with carriers of the Wuhan virus, officials announced AFP via Getty Images 27/60 Medical staff wearing protective suits at the Zhongnan hospital in Wuhan STR/AFP via Getty 28/60 A Malaysia Health official checks passengers going through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport EPA 29/60 Staff disinfecting Yingtan North Railway Station, China China banned trains and planes from leaving the major city at the centre of a virus outbreak on January 23, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the contagious disease that has claimed lives and spread to other countries AFP via Getty 30/60 A passenger walks past a quarantine control station at Narita airport, Japan EPA 31/60 Patients queue up to seek treatment in Wuhan Tongji Hospital Fever Clinic, in Wuhan EPA 32/60 Quarantine workers spray disinfectant at Incheon International Airport, South Korea EPA 33/60 A member of staff checks the temperature of a guest entering the casino of the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau, after it reported its first case of the new SARS-like virus AFP via Getty 34/60 Medical staff transfer patients to Jin Yintan hospital Little is known about the new disease which, if confirmed, would be only the seventh coronavirus known to science that can infect humans Getty 35/60 Members of the Three Gorges Medical Laboratory offering free masks to the public in Yichang, China AFP via Getty 36/60 Gabriel Leung, right, chair professor of public health medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, speaks about the extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China AFP via Getty 37/60 Members of staff of the Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team conducting searches on the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market AFP via Getty 38/60 A quarantine officer at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, uses an electronic thermometer to check the temperature of passengers arriving by plane from Wuhan The virus causes symptoms of viral pneumonia, and has already led to several deaths EPA 39/60 A screen shows cancelled flights at Tianhe airport in Wuhan AFP via Getty 40/60 Medical staff transfer patients to Jinyintan hospital EPA 41/60 Health officials hand out information about the current coronavirus at Kuala Lumpur International Airport AP 42/60 A store owner argues with security guards as he attempts to enter the closed Huanan wholesale seafood market AFP via Getty 43/60 Workers producing facemasks at a factory in Handan, China's northern Hebei province AFP via Getty 44/60 Medical staff and security personnel stop patients' family members from being too close to the Jinyintan hospital Reuters 45/60 maya-goodfellowAn airport staff member uses a temperature gun to check people leaving Wuhan Tianhe International Airport AP 46/60 A rescue worker walks past a notice about new coronavirus that has broken out in China Reuters 47/60 Health officials wear face masks at an inspection site at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang AP 48/60 Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital AFP via Getty 49/60 A staff member checks body temperature of a child after a train from Wuhan arrived at Hangzhou Railway Station in Hangzhou AFP via Getty Images 50/60 A quarantine station measures passenger body temperatures at Narita Airport JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty 51/60 Passengers walk past a notice displayed near a quarantine control station at Narita airport EPA 52/60 Passengers walk past a poster alerting on coronavirus screening ahead upon their arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport EPA 53/60 An employee sprays disinfectant on a train, as a precaution against coronavirus, at Suseo Station in Seoul EPA 54/60 Kazakh sanitary-epidemiological service worker uses a thermal scanner to detect travellers from China who may have symptoms possibly connected with the previously unknown coronavirus, at Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan Reuters 55/60 Pharmacist Liu Zhuzhen stands near a sign reading "face masks are sold out" at her pharmacy in Shanghai AP 56/60 The Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, EPA 57/60 A worker in a protective suit at the closed seafood market in Wuhan Reuters 58/60 Passengers wear protective face masks at the departure hall of a high speed train station in Hong Kong AP 59/60 A notice for passengers from Wuhan Getty 60/60 A man wears a mask while riding on mobike past the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market Getty

It comes as Germany’s first case of the virus was believed to have been infected by a Chinese colleague who visited his workplace.

The 33-year-old from the Starnberg area south of Munich is in isolation as a precaution, officials in Bavaria said. They said his condition was good.

The man took part in a training session at his workplace last Tuesday which also included an employee of the same company visiting from China, said Andreas Zapf, the head of Bavaria’s office for health and food safety.

The woman, who had not previously shown any symptoms, flew home on Thursday and went to a doctor after feeling ill on the flight, Mr Zapf said. She then tested positive for the new virus.

The woman lives in Shanghai, but had been visited a few days earlier by her parents, who come from the worst-affected Wuhan area.

On Monday, the German company was informed of the positive test, and informed authorities and employees.

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An employee who had been at the training session came forward and said he had experienced bronchitis-like symptoms over the weekend, though they had receded and he came to work on Monday.

Authorities decided when they received positive test results on Monday evening to admit him to a hospital and put him in isolation for monitoring.

Auto parts supplier Webasto confirmed it was the company involved and said the man works at its headquarters in Stockdorf, south of Munich. It cancelled all travel to and from China for the next two weeks and said employees at Stockdorf are free to work from home this week.

The WHO said a case in Vietnam also involved human-to-human transmission outside China.

The coronavirus has infected thousands of people in China. Nearly all of the cases outside China are among people who recently arrived from there.