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Japan to require COVID tests for all visitors from China

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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China as a temporary emergency measure against the surging infections there after Beijing largely abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Tuesday that those who test positive will be quarantined for seven days at designated facilities and their samples will be used for genome analysis. Infections are expected to rise as Japan heads into year-end and New Year’s holidays marked by parties and travel.

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