Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisida called the main goal of the country for 2022. Reports about it TASS.
According to KISIDA, the highest priority of his government from the moment of coming to power in October last year is the fight against coronavirus. He noted that, thanks to the unprecedented rate of vaccination from the COVID-19, the epidemic situation in the country calmed down a little, but Japan faces the threat of an oomikron strain of coronavirus. The prime minister also stressed that the authorities of the country will further pay priority to the measures to combat the virus and the support of the economy.
In November, Kisida reported that the country closes its borders for foreigners due to the distribution of the Omicron-strain of COVID-19 in the world. He announced that the ban on the entrance was valid from November 30 and concerns all foreign citizens. It is noted that the emergency measure is introduced until it is possible to find out all the information about the new version of the virus.