Japan will become the first G7 member country to reinstate strict border measures and ban international arrivals

Japan will bar entry to foreign visitors from midnight on Monday, as the world’s third-largest economy joined Israel in taking some the toughest strictest border controls since the new coronavirus variant Omicron was discovered.

Japan announced it would suspend entry of all foreign visitors. Portugal is investigating what could potentially be the first reported cases of local transmission of the variant outside of southern Africa.

Japan barred all foreign travelers and Australia delayed reopening its borders for two weeks as countries around the world react to the emergence of the Omicron variant.

What people are saying?

Gloria Balogh Gottlieb Come on Scotty your constituents are definitely not beaming you up at next elections, we want to see our family I have not seen my son in so long it’s scary, there has to be another way, give us a break.

Jeremy Wait isn’t that racist? I thought travel bans were racist toward whatever country was being banned? That’s what you told us when Trump banned travel from China to the US.