NARITA —

A Japanese female passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight that arrived at Narita international airport from Los Angeles on Thursday has tested positive for influenza in a preliminary examination, airport officials said. The 25-year-old woman was transported from the airport by ambulance to Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital. Accompanied by quarantine officers wearing protective suits, she walked into the hospital without assistance.

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will announce the result of her examination at 7 a.m. Friday, it said. Around 20 other passengers who were seated near her will undergo follow-up checks on their health condition at accommodation near the airport, according to the officials. Japan has yet to see an outbreak of the new influenza that is spreading quickly around the world.

- Tokyograph


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