Posted on 04/27/2020 3:04:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Japan will deny entry to foreign travelers from a further 14 countries including Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, strengthening its border controls to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday.
With the ban effective from Wednesday, those who have been to the countries within two weeks of their arrival in Japan will be turned away at the border. Speaking at a meeting of the government's task force on the coronavirus response, Abe also said Japan will extend its suspension of visas issued to foreign travelers to the end of May.
Japan has been scrambling to stop a rapid rise in cases of COVID-19, with the population being urged to stay at home and some businesses being asked to temporarily close in order to reduce person-to-person interactions that could spread the respiratory disease.
The other countries newly blacklisted are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belarus, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry last week warned Japanese citizens against any trips to these countries, raising its travel alert to the second-highest level.
That brings the total number of countries and regions covered by the entry ban to 87, including China, South Korea, the United States and all of Europe.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.kyodonews.net ...
A bit late.
125+ million people and 372 dead... They’re doing better than New York and lot of other places... BTW - They ‘ask’ businesses to close down because constitutionally they can’t ‘force’ businesses to close down.
ICU in New York... 
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