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In response to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection in China, Prime Minister Kishida announced that from the 30th of this month, people entering the country from China will be subject to emergency border measures, such as conducting inspections at the time of entry. made it clear to take
This afternoon, Prime Minister Kishida told reporters at the Prime Minister's Office that, in light of the state of infection with the new coronavirus in China, he will establish a system as soon as possible, and implement emergency border measures from 0:00 a.m. on the 30th of this month. I made it clear that I would take
Specifically, all travelers from mainland China and those who have traveled to mainland China within 7 days will be tested at the time of entry, and all those who test positive will be subject to genome analysis. As a general rule, we will take isolation measures for 7 days at the standby facility.
Also, in order to ensure thorough immigration inspection, we will limit flights connecting Japan and China in the future, such as increasing the number of flights.
Prime Minister Kishida said, "While there is information that the infection is spreading rapidly in mainland China, it is difficult to grasp the detailed situation, such as large discrepancies in information between the central and local governments, and between the government and the private sector. However, anxiety is growing.In light of this situation, we have decided to take temporary special measures."
In addition, "In order to avoid a rapid increase in the influx into the country, we will conduct inspections at the time of entry and consolidate airports. We will respond.While paying close attention to the current infection situation in Japan, it will not affect our policy of carefully and steadily moving forward with the COVID-19 pandemic."