Japan will toughen from Sunday its COVID-19 border control measures for travellers from China, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in response to a surge of infections among such visitors.
Additional measures will require negative coronavirus tests before passengers board direct flights from China, Kishida said on Wednesday, stepping upJapan will continue to ask airlines to limit additional flights from China, he told a nationally televised New Year"Necessary restrictions are still put in place as we are taking all possible measures to prevent infections," Kishida added.
The decision followed results of COVID-19 tests on travellers from China in recent days and similar measures by other countries, he said. A Japanese health ministry tally shows 53 of 56 international travellers who tested positive for COVID on arrival at airports on Tuesday were from China.Most European Union nations favour pre-departure testing for travellers from China, the European Commission
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