Japan tightening border controls on three more African countries – Foreign Ministry

FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk at the Haneda airport, in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will tighten border controls for the southern African nations of Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, requiring a 10-day quarantine for any entrants, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, after a new coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa.

The new rules will take effect from midnight (1500 GMT on Saturday) and come a day after Japan tightened border controls for those arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Lesotho.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

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