Peak visa issuance to Japan in Shanghai before "Spring Festival" Measures against pneumonia in Wuhan at 17:39 on January 16
Ahead of the Chinese New Year's Lunar New Year holidays starting next week, the Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai is at the peak of issuing visas for tourists visiting Japan. The Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai will promptly visit a medical institution in Japan if there is a cough or other symptoms to people visiting Japan, as pneumonia suspected to be due to the new coronavirus has been found in Wuhan, China. I am calling for it.
In China, which celebrates the New Year in the lunar calendar, a large seven-day holiday commences on the 24th of this month, which coincides with the Lunar New Year, and many Chinese tourists are expected to visit Japan.
In recent years, the Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai, which has issued the most visas to Japan among foreign diplomatic missions around the world, has peaked on visa issuance before the consecutive holidays.
This week, there were 26,000 applications in one day, and a large number of travel agency representatives came together with tourist passports on the 16th.
In China, Wuhan, Hubei Province has found a case of pneumonia that is thought to be caused by a new type of coronavirus, and was the first in Japan to be infected.
For this reason, Chief Consul Todoriki of the Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai said, "If you are coming from Wuhan City as indicated by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, if you have symptoms such as coughs, you should use a mask and get medical treatment immediately. I would like to give you another visit to see an institution. "
A travel agent in charge of travel to Japan said, "I would like to gather the latest information on pneumonia in Wuhan and contact customers to guide them."