Japan - Ministry of Health, Labor & Welfare: 7? people with the UK mutated strain of COVID-19 coronavirus diagnosed - December 25, 2020 - borders closed through January

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About the outbreak of patients with new coronavirus infection (mutant strain)



Passengers arriving at the airport from the UK were examined by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases for patients with the new coronavirus confirmed by quarantine. As a result, the mutant new coronavirus infection reported in the UK today (12/25). Disease (mutant strain) was detected. This is the first time that a mutant strain of the new coronavirus infection similar to that in the United Kingdom has been confirmed in airport quarantine.

　The mutated new coronavirus reported in the UK may be up to 70% more susceptible to infection at WHO on December 21, 2nd year, according to a UK survey, and the severity of this mutant strain. , There is no evidence to suggest that it has any effect on the antibody reaction or the effectiveness of the vaccine [1]. Also, please refer to the opinion [2] compiled by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
　The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will continue to cooperate with the governments of each country, WHO, experts, etc., and strive to take flexible measures to prevent the spread of infection while paying close attention to the infection situation in other countries.

　In addition, please be careful about the protection of personal information so that the person or family member is not identified by the media.1] SARS-CoV-2 Variant? United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-decem...ed-kingdom/en/
[2] Detection of a new mutant strain (VUI-202012 / 01) in the UK (1st report)
https://www.niid.go.jp/niid/ja/diseases/ka/corona-virus/2019-ncov /10074-covid19-27.html

[ Outbreak situation of patients with new coronavirus infection (variant strain)][/FONT]

No	Correspondence arrival date	Age	sex	Behavior history	Symptoms / progress
1	Haneda 12/18	10's	male	United Kingdom	Asymptomatic
2	Haneda 12/20	60s	male	United Kingdom	Malaise
3	Kansai International Airport 12/21	Forties	male	United Kingdom	Asymptomatic
4	Kansai International Airport 12/21	Forties	Female	United Kingdom	Asymptomatic
5	Kansai International Airport 12/21	Under 10 years old	male	United Kingdom	Asymptomatic

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Japan to halt new entry of foreign nationals over new virus strain

• The Japanese government said Saturday it will ban new entries of all non-Japanese nationals from around the globe in principle from Dec. 28 through the end of January. | KYODO
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• Dec 27, 2020

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Japanese citizens and foreign residents will be allowed to enter but must show proof of a negative coronavirus test 72 hours before departing for Japan and must quarantine for two weeks after arrival, the government said in an emailed statement.

The news came the same day Japan confirmed two more people to have been infected with the new variant, following its first cases of the strain detected in five people the previous day.

The two, who are hospitalized in Tokyo, are a man in his 30s who returned to Japan from Britain on Dec. 16 and a woman in her 20s with no history of visiting the country, according to the health ministry. The woman is one of his family members, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Japan to halt new entry of foreign nationals over new virus strain | The Japan Times