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Japan to tighten border control for visitors from Vietnam, Malaysia

Japan plans to tighten its border control over travellers from Vietnam and Malaysia to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus.
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Tokyo (VNA) - Japan plans to tighten its border control over travellersfrom Vietnam and Malaysia to prevent the spread of more contagious variants ofthe novel coronavirus.

Therefore, those from the two Southeast Asian countries haveto stay in government-designated facilities for six days after arrival,government sources said on May 31.

Japan will also set the quarantine period at such facilitiesat 10 days for travellers from Afghanistan and three days for those fromThailand and some US states.

The Japanese Government plans to impose these measures from June 4.

Japan has already imposed a travel ban on 159 countries andregions, restricting entry of foreign nationals, including those with residentstatus, who have been to those countries within the past two weeks, exceptunder special circumstances./.
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