A new variant of the Chinese communist virus (coronavirus, covid-19), different from those found in the United Kingdom and South Africa, was found in four passengers arriving from the Brazilian state of Amazonas, The Japanese Ministry of health said Sunday (Jan. 10). This suggests that the CCP virus is mutating during the pandemic’s ravages.
On January 2, four travelers arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, including a man in his 40s, a woman in her 30s, and two men and women in their teens. The four were found positive for the virus when they were quarantined at the airport, and were later tested for a new variant of the virus, which is different from the mutated viruses found in both the United Kingdom and South Africa.
The man in his 40s arrived asymptomatic and later developed breathing difficulties, while the woman in her 30s developed a headache and sore throat, the teenage man had a fever and the teenage woman had no symptoms.
An official with Japan’s Ministry of Health said they are currently studying whether a vaccine can combat the new variant of the virus.
Takaji Wakita, director of Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said, “At the moment, there is no evidence that the newly discovered Brazilian variant of the virus is highly contagious.”
The current outbreak in Japan is serious, with cases rising sharply. 7,790 people nationwide were confirmed to be infected with the CCP virus on Jan. 9, more than 7,000 for the third consecutive day. Tokyo was 2,268, more than 2,000 for three consecutive days.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced at a meeting of the Countermeasures Headquarters on January 7 that an “emergency declaration” was issued for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures (Tokyo and Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama), effective at 0000 hours on January 8 for a period of one month until February 7.
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare decided on January 8 that with the emergency declaration of the three prefectures, from January 13, all people entering Japan will be required to submit proof of a negative virus test.
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