Foreign Minister Motegi, who is visiting Central and South America and Africa, has decided to cancel his planned visit to Nigeria next week due to the fact that a man arriving in Japan from Nigeria was infected with the mutated coronavirus. It was.
The government quarantined Nigeria on the 6th of this month after it was confirmed that a man in his thirties who arrived at Narita Airport from Nigeria on the 29th of last month was infected with a mutant virus found in the United Kingdom. It has been additionally designated as a target country for strengthening.
With this in mind, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Foreign Minister Motegi, who is visiting Latin America and Africa, will cancel his planned visit to Nigeria next week.
The visit to Nigeria was scheduled for the first time in 42 years as a Foreign Minister.
Minister Motegi plans to visit Senegal and Kenya in Africa on schedule and return home on the 14th of this month.