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The ban takes effect on December 28 and runs until the end of January 2021. Japanese citizens and foreigners living in Japan will be allowed to return home, according to Nikkei magazine.
Information released on the same day as Japan confirmed that two more people infected with the new variant of the UK virus after the first 5 cases, all under the age of 70, were discovered on December 25.
Since October, Japan has allowed residents to enter for at least 3 months on the condition of 14 days of isolation. After the appearance of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Japan removed the United Kingdom and South Africa from the list of registrants on December 24 and December 26, respectively.
Japan will ban foreigners from all countries from December 28. Photo: Kyodo
The 14-day quarantine requirement will apply to all Japanese returning from abroad. Before making the decision to ban entry from other countries, Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide discussed how to respond to the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 with officials from the Health Ministry.
Suga warned on December 25 that he would enact new measures to prevent the new variant of the virus from spreading. Japan currently has more than 213,000 cases and more than 3,000 deaths due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
The new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been discovered in Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Germany. This variant is believed to be 70% more infectious than the original strain.
Xuan Mai
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