TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will tighten its border control measures for travelers from China because of COVID-19 from Jan 8, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday.
Among the measures are requiring negative pre-boarding coronavirus test results for passengers on direct flights from China, Kishida said, reinforcing emergency measures taken by Japan on Dec.
Japan will continue to ask airlines to limit additional flights from China, Kishida said at a televised New Year’s press conference.
(Reporting by Kantarō Komiya)
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