Visitors to Japan from China and South Korea will be quarantined for two weeks at government-designated sites and banned from using public transport, the yomiuri shimbun reported. In addition, Japan will appeal to tourists from China and South Korea not to visit Japan and visas issued will be revoked.
In addition, flights from China and South Korea will only be limited to Tokyo's narita airport and kansai international airport, and the relevant ship and passenger transport will be stopped. The restrictions took effect on March 9 and are temporarily in place until march.
Japanese prime minister shinzo Abe on Friday announced restrictions on the entry of China and South Korea at a meeting held at his official residence to address the new outbreak of pneumonia.
According to the morning of March 4, Japan's NHK television station reported that a new club worker in his 40s in shimonoseki, yamaguchi prefecture, was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, becoming the 1,000th confirmed case in Japan.