From hoping that China will relax the epidemic prevention, to strengthening entry quarantine for Chinese tourists, Japan is facing the eighth wave of epidemic outbreaks. A month ago, on November 28, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroichi Matsuno said at a press conference that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a summit meeting with China in Thailand on the 17th and expressed the hope that China could relax epidemic prevention and control measures. Because Japanese companies in China and Japanese living in China also hope to relax the epidemic prevention measures that restrict economic life as soon as possible.
On December 27th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated that he would implement emergency entry quarantine measures for China from December 30th, and all immigrants from mainland China to Japan and those who have been to China within 7 days need to undergo antigen testing, positive have symptoms Patients need to be quarantined for 7 days, and asymptomatic patients are required to be quarantined for 5 days. At the same time,
also stipulates that flights from China can only stop at Narita Airport, Haneda Airport, Kansai Airport, and Chubu Airport, and requires airlines not to increase flights from China.
From hoping that China will open up to restricting the number of flights, Japan is currently experiencing the 8th wave of the epidemic.
After entering December, the number of people added in a single day in Japan exceeded 200,000 again after 4 months, setting a new high since the beginning of the eighth wave of the epidemic.
Although the fatality rate has decreased, due to the large number of infected people, the death toll has increased compared with previous waves of the epidemic. Ministry of Health, Labor and WelfareOn December 28, the death toll announced reached 415, a record high and the first time since the outbreak began More than 400 people died in a single day.
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