Japan’s Ministry of health, Labour and Welfare said on the 28th that a woman who had stayed in South Africa was infected with a mutated New Coronavirus. Media reports said that this is the first time a case of South African variant New Coronavirus was confirmed in Japan. Following the discovery of a case of variant New Crown, new entry applications from foreign travelers will be prohibited from the 28th until the end of January next year. Foreigners who are already living in Japan can enter the country as long as they have a negative test certificate that meets the requirements of the authorities, but they must still be quarantined at home for 14 days after entry.
The total number of confirmed cases on the 28th was 2924; the total number of confirmed cases was 220,236; and the total number of deaths was 3,252.
The new coronavirus is spreading around the world, Kyodo News reports that The Japanese government has announced on the 26th, from the 28th to the end of January next year, the suspension of new entry applications from all countries and regions.
The Japanese government has already denied entry to foreigners from the United Kingdom and South Africa due to the expansion of the new variant of the coronavirus, and today announced new measures.
Japanese television (Nippon TV) reported that Japanese or foreign nationals living in Japan are currently exempt from the 14-day quarantine measure if they meet certain conditions to travel overseas for short-term business, but the Japanese government is considering lifting it.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has long announced that five people were found infected with a variant strain of the virus in quarantine at Tokyo’s Haneda and Osaka’s Kansai airports.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on the 26th and a man and a woman living in Tokyo were detected with a variant strain of the virus, a male captain and family members with a history of travel to the United Kingdom, the man returned to Japan from the United Kingdom on the 16th of this month. This is the first time that someone in Japan has been infected with a mutant strain of the virus, in addition to the airport quarantine.
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