In Southeast Asia, there is a movement to relax the immigration restrictions for foreigners on the condition that the new corona vaccination is completed. Did.
Since March 2020, the Philippine government has severely restricted the entry of all foreigners, including Japanese, as part of measures against the infection of the new coronavirus.
However, the domestic vaccination rate exceeded 50%, and the number of new infections per day also began to decline after reaching a record high of 39,000 last month, and on the 9th it was less than 1/10 of 3600. There were too many people.
In response to this situation, on the 10th, the Philippine government resumed entry without a quarantine period on the condition that foreigners traveling from 157 countries including Japan have been vaccinated.
A Malaysian man arriving at the international airport in the capital Manila said, "I boarded his first plane to marry a Filipino partner who had been away for the past two years when he learned that the border would open." ..
Southeast Asia Movement to resume acceptance of foreign travelers
In Southeast Asia, there is a move to resume acceptance of foreign travelers on condition that vaccination is completed in order to rebuild the economy, and Thailand has exempted all immigrants from quarantine from the 1st of this month, as well as Malaysia. A government advisory body recommends that the quarantine after entry should be exempted and the acceptance of foreign travelers should be resumed from the 1st of next month at the earliest.
India also relaxes border measures
The Government of India has announced a policy to ease border measures such as the seven-day quarantine measures required for all immigrants from 14th this month.
In India, the number of newly infected people with the new corona began to increase again from the end of last year, and since the 11th of last month, all immigrants will be required to undergo 7-day quarantine and PCR tests on the 8th day after entry. We have strengthened measures at the water's edge.
After that, the number of newly infected people began to decrease from the end of last month, and there is no problem with the acceptance system of medical facilities, so the Indian government announced that it will not take such quarantine measures for immigrants after 14th this month. Did.
However, immigrants are still required to submit documents proving that the PCR test received within 72 hours before departure was negative, and some of the immigrants will be randomly selected for PCR testing. The measures will continue.
According to the WHO = World Health Organization, as of the 6th of this month, the number of newly infected people in the world in one week has decreased by 17% compared to the previous week.