Japan implements new measures to contain coronavirus, bans Hubei tourists

Japan on Saturday implemented several moves aimed at limiting coronavirus in a bid to contain ecomic impact of outbreak, international media reported. In an unprecedented development, dely virus has killed nearly 910 lives and infected over 40,000 people across China.

Chinese tourists from Hubei province banned

measures included banning entry of all Chinese tourists who have a passport issued in Hubei Province as well as people who have visited place within two weeks regardless of wher y show symptoms or t. government also brought forward or measures like compulsory hospitalisation and treatment for six days from public funds.

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked a meeting of government task force who are coordinating Japan’s response to outbreak to come up with steps which can ease ecomy of effects of coronavirus. According to a Japanese daily, he asked his ministers to compile measures to use reserves in state budget and implement m as soon as possible. He also said that new coronavirus is having a major impact on tourism, ecomy, and society as a whole before ding that government will do its utmost to dress impact. 

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Tourism is a major part of Japanese ecomy with major income coming from foreign tourist from China. ding to that, many major Japanese companies also have factories in China. According to reports, Abe also stressed on ensuring that all Japanese citizens have access to medical checkups and masks.

Last week, a man who was hospitalised for long died of infection making him first amongst Japanese citizens to die of coronavirus. Of 2.5 million tourists who came to Japan in December 2019, more than 700,000 were Chinese, accounting for top share, government data shows. Japan aims to have 40 million tourists visit country in 2020, up from 31.8 million in 2019.