“In Japan, the 8th mutant virus infection occurred… All foreigners are prohibited from entering the country”

-It was confirmed on the 27th that a Japanese woman in her 50s who returned from the UK was infected with the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) mutant virus. As a result, the number of mutant virus infections in Japan has increased to eight.

According to NHK on the 28th, a woman in her 50s who returned from the UK on the 13th was tested negative in the corona19 test at the airport quarantine. After that, I had a mild fever, and I was admitted to a hospital in Tokyo on the 22nd, and when I conducted a corona 19 diagnostic test again, on the 27th, I confirmed that I was infected with the mutant virus. This is the first time that a person who was tested negative at an airport quarantine in Japan was confirmed to have a mutant virus at a later retest.

Shortly after returning from England, the woman was quarantined at the accommodation for two weeks, so no close contacts are known.

In Japan, five men and women who returned home from the UK on the 25th were confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus during an inspection at the Japanese airport quarantine, and on the 26th, two people, including the captain of the aircraft and his family who visited the UK, were confirmed to have the mutant virus. As the number of corona19 infections continues to increase and mutant virus infections have emerged, the Japanese government has decided to completely ban new entry of foreigners from the 28th to the end of January. However, it has decided to continue to recognize the’business traffic’ that has been agreed in advance with 11 countries including Korea and China. Japan also decided to suspend its domestic travel support business, “Go To Travel,” from the 28th to the 11th of January. Tokyo = Correspondent Park Hyung-jun [email protected]