Tensions escalate in Asia over coronavirus

Japan’s prime minister has imposed a mandatory quarantine on all visitors from South Korea and China, triggering warnings of countermeasures.

Japan‘s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has imposed a mandatory quarantine on all visitors from South Korea and China.

South Korea, however, has called for it to be revoked, while also warning of countermeasures.

Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul.