[국제]Japan’s “ Global Entry Ban ” Announced … A Sense Of Growing Crisis During The New Years And New Years Holidays

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Since mutant viruses originating in the UK have been confirmed one after another, the Japanese government has announced that it has stopped the new influx of foreigners.

The number of people infected with Corona 19 in Japan continues for four days in a row.

Connect to Tokyo. Correspondent Lee Kyung-ah!

There has been a lot of criticism in Japan about the government’s belated response to Corona 19.

This time, he announced measures to strengthen immigration regulations in an unusually swift manner.

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So is.

It was on the night of the 25th when the Japanese government officially confirmed the infected people in the country caused by the mutant UK virus.

In just one day, we decided to stop the new entrance to the world.

This action will continue from tomorrow until the end of January.

Along with the suspension of the issuance of new visas for foreigners, the two-week quarantine exemption that was applied when Japanese citizens returning from abroad and foreigners living in Japan return from abroad will also be suspended.

However, the quarantine exemption measures for short-term entry for commercial purposes for 11 countries, including Korea and China, remain the same.

For long-term residents for business purposes, current measures will continue to enter the country after quarantine for two weeks.

The Japanese government explained that the strengthening of entry regulations was decided as a precautionary measure since mutant corona 19 viruses have been found in several countries.

In Japan, a man in his 30s and a woman in his 20s, who returned from England, have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said on the 16th that the man, who returned from England, was not subject to quarantine because he was an airplane pilot and that he arrived without being searched at the airport.

Before that, all five people who had been confirmed to be infected in Japan were found to be infected with the mutant virus as a result of a test at the airport upon arrival.

Experts have ordered comprehensive quarantine measures, saying there is a possibility that the number of infections in Japan will increase in the future.

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Is the number of corona infections in Japan the highest in 4 days?

During the end of the year and New Years holidays, there will be many places where hospitals will also be closed, but the answer is a big problem.

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So is.

According to the NHK total, there were 3,881 new confirmed cases in Japan every day yesterday.

From the 23rd to the 4th, the number of new infections was recorded each day.

The number of seriously ill patients is also the highest, 654.

In Japan, there are many places that start early from Christmas, usually close on the 28th and go into the New Year holidays.

With hospitals also having a place to rest, there is growing concern about the medical gap amid a rapid rise in infection.

Accordingly, Yomiuri Shimbun reported that 15 regions, including Tokyo and Osaka, decided to provide separate subsidies for hospitals that continue to receive treatment over the end of the year and New Year holidays, regardless of the government.

In the case of Tokyo, the newspaper reported that as of the 24th, about 40% of the total 3,200 medical and examination institutions, or 1,300, decided to open during the end of the year and New Year holidays.

I’m YTN Lee Kyung-ah from Tokyo.

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