The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of establishing a mechanism to check information on foreign infected persons by passport number in order to identify foreigners who have been found to be infected with the new coronavirus after entering Japan.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare confirms the name and nationality of foreigners entering Japan at the quarantine station and registers them in the information system.
Until now, it was independent of the new information system "HER-SYS" that manages information on people infected with the new coronavirus, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has created a mechanism that allows information to be shared by linking the two systems with passport numbers. I decided the policy to maintain.
As a result, it will be possible for foreigners to know how many foreigners have been confirmed to be infected after entering Japan, and it is said that measures such as border measures can be effectively taken.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is aiming to start operation later this month, and is planning to ask health centers and others to enter the passport number of a foreigner who has been confirmed to be infected within 28 days of entering Japan in "HER-SYS".
Also, regarding "HER-SYS", since the introduction was started in May last year, the input data has been unable to be disclosed, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare wants to fully disclose it on the homepage from April. I will.