A visitor wearing a face mask, amid concerns over the spread of Covid-19, visits the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on Feb 26, 2020. - AFP
TOKYO (Reuters): A woman working as a tour bus guide in Japan tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time, Osaka's prefectural government said on Wednesday (Feb 26), the first person in the country to be reinfected amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection.
The second positive test comes as the number of confirmed cases in Japan rose to 186 by Thursday from around 170 the day before.
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