Covid-19: Japan imposes mandatory testing for arrivals from China
Tokyo (Japan), December 27: The Japanese government will require COVID-19 testing upon arrival for visitors from China beginning December 30 due to an increase in the number of confirmed cases there, according to the Kyodo news agency on Tuesday.
The measure applies to mainland Chinese visitors and those who have visited within the last seven days. When they arrive in Japan, they must take the COVID-19 test. Those with Positive test results will be quarantined for seven days.
According to the Kyodo news agency, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the announcement on Tuesday. Local COVID-19 outbreaks in China reached an all-time high in November. Due to the deterioration of the epidemiological situation, authorities implemented partial lockdowns in some areas while also requiring residents to undergo daily PCR testing.
Beginning on November 24, restrictive measures in a number of China's major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, were tightened.
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Against this backdrop, mass protests erupted in several Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Wuhan. Rioters demanded that lockdowns be lifted immediately, that regular PCR testing be discontinued, and that COVID-19 restrictions be relaxed.
According to media reports on Friday, approximately 37 million people in China may have contracted COVID-19 on a single day last week, making the country's outbreak the world's largest.
Up to 248 million people, or nearly 18% of the population, were thought to have contracted the coronavirus in the first 20 days of December.
According to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, many employees of Japanese companies operating in China are infected with COVID-19 and are being asked to work from home, according to NHK World.
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