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New confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan broke the record for the fourth day.
According to local public broadcaster NHK on the 27th, 3,881 newly confirmed corona19 infections across Japan the previous day.
Recently, the number of confirmed corona19 patients in Japan per day was 3,270 on the 23rd, 3,740 on the 24th, and 3,831 on the 25th.
The cumulative confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Japan increased to 219,000.
The number of Corona 19 deaths increased by 47 to 3,247. As of the previous day, the number of severely ill patients was 654, the most common since the Corona 19 incident.
With the rapid increase in the number of corona19 confirmed cases, and even cases of variant corona19 infection from the UK were confirmed, the Japanese government took measures to in principle reject new entry of foreigners.
The Japanese government made an urgent announcement the night before that it would temporarily suspend new entry for foreigners from all countries and regions from the 28th of this month to the end of January next year.
In connection with the entry into the country of Corona 19, Japan has recognized new entry of foreigners with mid- to long-term status to the world since last October.
However, as cases of corona 19 infection, which are known to have strong transmission power, were confirmed successively in each country, it was decided not to acknowledge it for the time being.
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However, it has decided to continue to recognize’business traffic’ targeting 11 countries and regions, including Korea.
The Japanese government also decided to suspend the special measures for easing the entry limit, which conditionally exempts two weeks from quarantine when returning or re-entry (corresponding to foreigners) after short-term overseas business trips by Japanese or foreigners residing in Japan from the 28th of this month to the end of January next year. did.
In addition, if Japanese nationals or foreigners residing in Japan enter the country from a country where the COVID-19 variant occurs during the same period, they will require proof of Corona 19 inspection within 72 hours before departure, and additional inspection will be conducted upon entry.
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