Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there as the Asian island country faces its own rising case numbers and record-level deaths.
Japan reported a record 420 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday, one day after reaching an earlier single-day record of 415 deaths, according to the Health Ministry.
Flights from Hong Kong and Macao will be allowed to land at three other airports -- New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Naha Airport in Okinawa and Fukuoka Airport -- provided there are no passengers who have been to mainland China within seven days prior to the flight. About 500 customers who had planned a trip to Japan between late December and early January were lost, Huen said.
China recently reversed its anti-virus controls that kept the country in isolation for nearly three years and announced this week plans to reissue passports and visas for overseas trips. This could send many Chinese abroad for the Lunar New Year holiday in January, raising concerns about possible virus spread.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the body needs more information on the severity of the outbreak in China. South Korea on Friday announced that it will also require travellers from China to show negative PCR test results within 48 hours or rapid antigen tests within 24 hours of their departures, beginning Jan. 5.
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