Following the confirmation of a new mutant virus of the new coronavirus in South Africa, Narita Airport has been strengthening border measures in six countries including South Africa and its surroundings since 27th.
Following the identification of a new mutant virus in South Africa that could reduce the effectiveness of the new corona vaccine, the government has announced a total of six in South Africa and its surroundings, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Resoto. We have strengthened border measures for the country, and from midnight on the 27th, we have begun "stopping" measures to stay in accommodations designated by the country for 10 days after entering the country.
There are currently no direct flights between Narita Airport and these six countries, but airport quarantine has never stayed in six countries within the last two weeks for international passengers. I was listening.
A male office worker who returned from Sri Lanka on a business trip said, "I'm scared because I don't know when the mutant strain will be prevalent in the country I'm traveling to. In Japan, even though the immigration restrictions for business purposes have just been relaxed, it will be difficult to travel." I was talking.
In addition, a woman who uses an international flight said, "New infections are settling down in Japan now, but there are countries in the world where the infection is spreading, and it is scary to find a mutant strain."