TOKYO - Japan plans to set up new coronavirus testing centers outside three major airports in Tokyo and Osaka, as well as in central parts of the cities, as the country prepares to relax its travel re
strictions, a government official said Thursday.
The planned construction of the facilities will increase the number of daily PCR tests to over 4,000, with health authorities also hoping to reduce virus testing times to a few hours by using new methods. Since February, Japan has been strengthening travel restrictions for inbound visitors, as part of its border control measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
Only 1,700 foreign travelers are estimated to have arrived in Japan in May, the fewest for any month on record and a 99.9 percent drop from a year earlier, according to government data.
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