The cumulative number of people infected with New Coronary Pneumonia (CCLV) in Japan exceeded 300,000 on the 13th, a surge of about 100,000 in the past 3 weeks. As the New Coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen, Japan continues to tighten its epidemic prevention and restriction measures. According to NHK TV 13, The Japanese government officially confirmed on the same day that it will completely suspend the entry of all foreigners until Feb. 7. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued a new “state of emergency declaration” later that day, declaring a state of emergency in seven new prefectures and prefectures from now on, scheduled to last until February 7.
The report said that in view of the confirmation of mutated new coronavirus in several countries, the Japanese government decided to introduce a policy to suspend the measures previously implemented with 11 countries and regions to liberalize business people to and from each other. The Japanese government began suspending the entry of foreigners on Dec. 28 last year, but businesspeople, foreign students and skilled interns from 11 countries and regions with better control of the outbreak, including China and South Korea, can enter Japan under certain circumstances. And the new policy means that Japan has effectively banned all foreigners from entering the country. Also according to the Japanese newspaper Oriental Newsline, from the 13th onwards, all people entering Japan, including Japanese, will be required to submit a certificate of negative nucleic acid test for the new coronavirus within 72 hours issued by the testing agency in their place of departure when they check in at the airport. Previously, Japanese and foreigners from some countries were not required to provide proof of testing when entering Japan.
The report said that Japan’s epidemic has recently shown a trend of spreading outward from Tokyo, Osaka Prefecture and other metropolitan areas. 13 evening, Kan held a meeting of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters, to Tochigi, Gifu, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Fukuoka 7 prefectures again issued a declaration of emergency. So far, 11 prefectures and prefectures in Japan have been put under a state of emergency.
According to Kyodo News, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsushin stressed at a press conference on the 13th that the Japanese government will continue to prepare for hosting the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer. The latest poll results released by NHK TV on the 13th show that nearly 80% of Japanese respondents believe that the Tokyo Olympics should be postponed again or simply canceled.
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