The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to require new arrivals from 13 countries and regions to wait at accommodation facilities in order to strengthen border measures for mutant viruses.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has asked people entering from countries and regions where the mutant virus is endemic to wait at accommodations secured by the quarantine station even after entering the country, and test again three days later and at home for 14 days even if it is negative. I am asking you to wait at.



Currently, the targets are the United Kingdom, South Africa, Israel, Ireland, and the state of Amazonas in Brazil, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to add 13 new countries and regions. ..



▽ UAE = United Arab Emirates and ▽ Italy, ▽ Austria, ▽ Netherlands, ▽ Switzerland, ▽ Sweden, ▽ Slovakia, ▽ Denmark, ▽ Germany, ▽ Nigeria, ▽ France, and ▽ Belgium, ▽ For Brazil, areas other than Amazonas will also be included.



Measures will be strengthened from midnight on the 5th, and will be available to those who have stayed in these countries or regions within 14 days before entering the country.



The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of strengthening border measures in the same way when a mutant virus epidemic is confirmed in other countries and regions.