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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Japanese government officially bans all foreign nationals to block the spread. Pressure the new Covid-19 virus that originated in England.
In its announcement on Saturday (12/26), as quoted by Nikkei Asia, the Sakura state government said it would ban visitors from all countries to prevent the spread of the faster-spreading type of British coronavirus.
The ban will go into effect on Monday, December 28, 2020 until the end of January 2021.
As for Japanese citizens and foreigners living in Japan, they are still allowed to return to the country.
According to government records, as of Friday, five people who had traveled from Britain were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Since October, Japan has allowed entry to foreigners who stay at least 3 months, on the condition that they must go into quarantine for 14 days.
But the emergence of the new virus prompted the government to remove Britain from the list last Thursday and South Africa on Saturday. Thus, as of this Saturday, the issuance of all long-term visas will be suspended.
The 14-day quarantine request will apply to all Japanese returning from abroad.
Before making this official decision, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga discussed the response to the detection of this new type of virus with officials from the Japanese Ministry of Health.
Suga said on Friday that he would issue new measures to contain the spread. Pressure new.
Besides England, Pressure New corona has been detected in Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Germany. The variant was rated 70% more contagious than the original, but it didn’t seem to make people sicker.
Previously, not only Japan, several Asian countries also banned flights from the UK for fear of the spread of this new coronavirus mutation.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato also announced a temporary ban on flights from Great Britain from Thursday (12/24).
Since last Tuesday, Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea have imposed similar bans. Meanwhile, India and Hong Kong had already suspended flights from Britain.
The Philippines has also temporarily banned all flights from the UK from Thursday to December 31.
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