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Japan to ban entry to people from more than 73 countries, including US

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Tokyo, Mar 31 (EFE/EPA).-Japan said Tuesday it would ban people from more than a third of the world, including the United States, from entering the country to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.The US is among a list of 73 countries to which the Japanese government also discouraged travel amid the steep global increase in the number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities. Japan raised its travel alert to Level 3 (out of a possible 4), over which it advised against traveling to certain territories under any circumstances.The alert was extended Tuesday to 49 countries, including the US, Canada, South Korea, China, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Panama, Brazil, Bolivia, the United Kingdom and Greece, from which Japan will prohibit the entry to travelers who aren’t Japanese, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said at a press conference. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).FOOTAGE SHOWS JAPANESE WORKERS DURING THEIR DAILY COMMUTE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.

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