Japan bans entry of foreign nationals with weapons
world economy back to clock zero
Wen “Reservation of the second stage of recovery of daily life”
Implementation of special quarantine measures for 4 weeks”
The ‘Omicron’ mutation of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has landed on the North American continent following Africa and Europe. Amid the claim that “Omicron’s transmission power is up to 6 times that of the existing delta mutation,” Japan has begun an indefinite entry ban on foreigners from all over the world, including Koreans. President Moon Jae-in emphasized the need for a united response from the government as well as the people, saying, “We are facing a different level of crisis than we have seen before.”
According to Reuters, Canadian authorities announced on the 28th (local time) that two cases of COVID-19 Omicron mutation were confirmed. Officials said they were travelers who had recently traveled to Nigeria. Nigeria is quite far from Botswana and South Africa, where the omicron mutation was first discovered and prevalent. This raises concerns that omicron mutations are already spreading throughout Africa. Currently, most countries, including Korea, restrict entry to countries in southern Africa.
A suspected case of Omicron infection was also reported in Brazil. If confirmed as an micron, all continents except Antarctica have been opened in less than a week. As countries are tightening entry restrictions, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on the 29th, “As an emergency evacuation precaution to avoid the worst situation, entry of foreigners will be banned worldwide from 00:00 on the 30th.” announced.
Specific information about the micron is not yet known, but scientists in the United States and Europe assume that “the propagation power can be as high as six times the delta variation.”
Due to concerns about the spread of Omicron, the global economy is again in a ‘zero clock’ situation. Our economy will also suffer, and our daily recovery may be delayed. President Moon presided over a special quarantine inspection meeting at the Blue House on the same day and said, “If we fail to overcome this hurdle, we will face a greater crisis in which the phased recovery of daily life will fail.”
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a special quarantine inspection meeting for COVID-19 response held at the video conference room of the Blue House on the 29th. news
President Moon said that although the COVID-19 quarantine situation has reached a critical juncture, there will be no retreat from the first phase of the current gradual recovery. “We will postpone the transition to the second stage of normal recovery and implement special quarantine measures for four weeks,” he said. As countermeasures, △Early completion of the third vaccination (booster shot) △Inoculation of teenagers △Expansion of hospital beds and medical personnel was suggested.
Meanwhile, the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters has raised the nationwide COVID-19 weekly risk level to ‘very high’. It was raised to the highest level in a week from ‘High’ in the previous week. This is the effect that the medical response system has reached its limit. The utilization rate of the intensive care unit reached 76.9% nationwide and 86.6% in the metropolitan area as of 5:00 p.m. the previous day.
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