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Japan, when a mutant virus originating from the UK was confirmed, foreigners were completely banned from entering the country. Dark clouds are also rising for the next summer Olympics.
Correspondent Yoo Seong-jae reports from Tokyo.
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A mutation in a woman in her 20s who is a family member and a pilot in her 30s living in Tokyo has been confirmed to be infected with Corona 19.
It was infected by a pilot from the UK on the 16th, and it was revealed that he was excluded from airport quarantine because he was an aircraft pilot.
As the mutant coronavirus is discovered outside the airport, the possibility of spreading in Japan is also raised.
[Wakita/Japan Infectious Disease Research Institute Director: If the domestic epidemic of this virus expands, there is a possibility that it will go far beyond the current epidemic.] The
Japanese government is entering the country from all countries from today (28th) to the end of January. I decided to ban all of them.
However, those who have already received visas from 11 countries that have recognized business traffic, such as Korea and China, are recognized as an exception and decided to revive the two-week waiting process selectively depending on the length of entry.
Japanese nationals and foreigners on long-stay visas also decided to request a two-week quarantine upon entry during this period.
The reason that the Suga Cabinet, which has been accused of responding to the coronavirus procrastination, hastily blocked foreign inflows, is interpreted as a willingness to watch the Olympics somehow.