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Japan on Monday detected a coronavirus version found in South Africa, the government said, the first such discovery in a state that has already identified more than a dozen cases of a different variant that is spreading rapidly in Britain.
A woman in her 30s who arrived in Japan on Dec. 19 was found to be infected with the new virus version, the health ministry said. South Africa’s health authorities have said the variant may cause a recent surge in infections there.
The announcement of the discovery of the South Africa-linked version comes after the Japanese government on Monday started banning the entry of non-resident foreign nationals following the discovery of the UK variant in Japan.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged calm ahead of the New Year holidays, when hospitals tend to be understaffed, and instructed ministers to stay alert.
“They say that no evidence is showing the vaccines that are already being administered overseas are not effective against this variant, and anti-infection measures for it are unchanged from those for the traditional virus,” Suga said, referring to the new, fast-spreading UK variant
He spoke ahead of the announcement of the detection of the South Africa-linked variant.
I request each minister to raise the level of their sense of urgency and thoroughly execute counter measures,” he told a meeting of the government’s task force on coronavirus responses.
A Japanese business traveller in Tokyo’s Haneda airport, where few people were seen, said the government should do more.
“Even though Japan is doing things to counter the version, there are still reports of cases in Japan,” 56-year-old Seiji Oohira said on coming from India, where he works for a construction-related company.
“So I think it’s better to tighten the restrictions a little bit farther.”
Japan is facing a third wave of novel coronavirus infections, with daily cases hitting a record 3,881 on Saturday, according to public broadcaster NHK.
