A person returning from Wuhan stays at a hotel Katsuura City, Chiba, is a briefing for citizens on February 3 21:02

In Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture, where more than 170 people who returned from China's Hubei Province Wuhan by charter aircraft are staying at hotels, a briefing session by a specialized doctor was held to get citizens to correctly understand the new coronavirus. Was.

About 170 of those returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China on a charter aircraft last month stayed at a hotel in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, for observation.

In response, Katsuura City invited a specialist doctor to get a proper understanding of the new coronavirus on the 3rd, given the concerns of citizens about the possibility of infection. And held a briefing.

Approximately 400 citizens visited the venue, and a doctor at a hospital in Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture, who manages the health of residents at the hotel, said, "People staying at hotels are negative for virus tests and are not ill. I'm not out of the room, so I want you to feel safe. "

He said, "I would like the coronavirus to be protected in the same way as influenza, and to wash hands as a measure against infectious diseases."

Citizens were asking if they could be tested if they were infected or not.

A 70-year-old man who participated said, "I was anxious because there was no information, but I was relieved to hear the story. I'd like to see more information from the government because of the reputational damage."