Japanese Prime Minister announced the country’s lockdown! foreigners are prohibited from entering Starting at midnight

Japanese Prime Minister decides to shut down the country Foreign travelers are not permitted to enter. hope not to extractOmicron strain of covidcome into the epidemic

After South Africa found a strain of the virusOmikron It spreads in South Africa and its neighbors in Africa. and notified the World Health Organization last week. The outbreak has also been found in some countries and territories such as England, Belgium, Israel, Canada and Hong Kong.

Most recently, in the afternoon of today (November 29), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a press conference at the Prime Minister’s House in Tokyo that Japan will temporarily ban foreign passengers from all countries of the world from entering the country. Starting after midnight on November 30, 2021 (early morning of November 30), stating that it is an emergency surveillance measure. to prevent the spread of COVID-19 situation Japan’s worse than ever while Japanese citizens can still enter the country but must be detained in a facility provided by the State in accordance with the prescribed measures.

In addition, Mr Kishida said the lockdown measures were only temporary, which will remain in effect until Japan has new information. More about the coronavirus strainOmikron whether it is more dangerous than other strains, Japanese health officials previously found a man infected with COVID-19 He recently returned from Namibia in Africa, where Japanese health officials are undergoing a detailed genetic analysis of the virus. to see if it is an omikron species or not

The man was among 32 passengers traveling from nine countries, including Namibia. which the Japanese government temporarily prohibited entering the country

However, Prime Minister Kishida also asked the public not to panic becauseJapanhas a high rate of vaccination against COVID but also asking people to wear masks and try to maintain distance between people

which the country’s lockdown measures announced making Japan the second country after Israel. that takes the highest measures to prevent the Omicron strain of covid Although recently announced the relaxation of measures and reduce the quarantine period to only 10 days to only 3 weeks

Japan currently has 1.7 million coronavirus cases and 18,358 deaths.