Seven doctors and medical workers from Hong Kong and Taiwan working at hospitals treating SARS patients have arrived in Japan recently, the health ministry reported Tuesday.
The doctors and medical workers were in good health and reportedly told officials at quarantine stations they have had no contact with severe acute respiratory syndrome patients, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said.
Ministry officials said they intend to repeat, through diplomatic missions abroad, requests to countries and territories hit by SARS that people who may have had contact with SARS patients refrain from visiting Japan.