TOKYO — Japan said it will ban the entry of non-Japanese people from Britain from Thursday after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus variant, as daily infections hit a record high. Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about the new strain. ADVERTISEMENT“The government will take border control steps flexibly to prevent the spread of the coronavirus within the nation,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a news conference as he announced the entry ban. The infectious coronavirus variant spreading in Britain has not so far been detected in Japan, said Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. The government decision comes when Japan is awash with a third wave of coronavirus infection.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 23, 2020 17:15 UTC