Narita Airport Inspection Nearly 1000 cases per day, the highest ever New Corona June 24 19:03

At the beginning of this week, the number of new coronavirus tests conducted at Narita Airport reached nearly 1,000 in one day, and it was found by interview with a quarantine station that it was the highest ever. While it is expected that restrictions on entry from overseas will be eased in the future, strengthening the system of quarantine stations and improving the medical care system to prevent the second wave of infection are likely to become issues again.

In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the government refused entry from 111 countries and regions, and if Japanese returnees or foreigners living in Japan have circumstances that require humanitarian consideration, I admit.

In either case, you will need to be screened for viruses when you enter the country, but at the Narita Airport Quarantine Station, the number of tests carried out on the 21st of the week earlier was 973, the highest number ever to date. I understood that it became.

At Narita Airport, inspections began in February this year, and the number of inspections increased sharply in early April when the number of target countries expanded to the United States and other countries and Japanese returnees sprang up. After that, it has been on a decreasing trend.

However, there was a day when the number of people confirmed to be infected by quarantine at Narita Airport reached 14 every day, since the declaration of emergency was lifted nationwide late last month.

The government has decided to allow foreigners to enter the country under certain conditions, but only for business people in countries or regions where the infection situation is stable, regarding immigration restrictions. In the future, strengthening the system of quarantine stations and improving the medical treatment system in Japan are likely to become another issue for preventing the second wave of infection.

Shinsaku Sakurada, director of the Quarantine Division, Narita Airport Quarantine Station, said, "At the moment, both the number of tests and positive cases are increasing, and I think that the second peak in quarantine has already arrived. I think it will be necessary to increase the number and respond to them."