Japan's government has finally considered lifting its COVID-19 border controls for all arrivals starting from Saturday 30th of April, as a result of the surge in the number of travellers. The annual Golden Week holiday which also started yesterday prompted the decision. This is the effort made against the earlier schedule to end the border's Coronavirus measures on the 8th of May which is a day after the extended Golden Week holidays and the same date the coronavirus' legal status will be downgraded to the same threat level as common infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza.
It indicates that all the visitors will seize to present at least three COVID-19 vaccination doses report or negative coronavirus tests taken within 72 hours of departure on their arrival.
Similar decisions are being taken by other Asia countries and the rest of the world to get back to normal after the negative impacts of COVID-19 that lasted for almost 3 years on the economy.
It was reported that on the 8th of May, Japan will commence a new genomic surveillance program at Haneda, Narita and three other major airports, under which visitors with symptoms including fever will be asked to go through a voluntary test to detect new infectious diseases.
日本停止對入境者進行 COVID-19 邊境管制
由於旅客人數激增，日本政府最終考慮從 4 月 30 日星期六開始取消對所有入境者的 COVID-19 邊境管制。 昨天也開始的一年一度的黃金周假期促成了這一決定。 這是針對早先計劃於 5 月 8 日結束邊境冠狀病毒措施所做的努力，即延長的黃金周假期後的第二天，同一天冠狀病毒的法律地位將被降級為與普通傳染病相同的威脅級別 季節性流感等疾病。
它表示所有訪客將抓住機會出示至少三份 COVID-19 疫苗接種劑量報告或在抵達後 72 小時內進行的冠狀病毒檢測呈陰性。
在 COVID-19 對全球持續近 3 年的負面影響之後，其他亞洲國家和世界其他地區正在做出類似的決定以恢復正常。
據報導，5 月 8 日，日本將在羽田、成田和其他三個主要機場啟動一項新的基因組監測計劃，根據該計劃，將要求出現發燒等症狀的旅客進行自願檢測，以發現新的傳染病。
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