According to Japan's NHK News, on the evening of May 26, Japanese Prime Minister Kisha Fumio announced at an international conference held in Tokyo that Japan will resume receiving foreign tourists who have been suspended due to the COVID-19 border measures starting from June 10. This is also the first time that Japan has opened to inbound tourists after more than two years after the outbreak of the global COVID-19 outbreak.
It is reported that Japan will first consider piloting small tour groups to Japan from low-risk countries and regions, and will not receive free travelers at present.
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China does not need to be tested or quarantined in Japan
htmlOn the evening of May 26, Kishida Fumio delivered a speech in Tokyo saying that "From next month 1, the upper limit of the number of people entering the country will be raised to 20,000. For countries with low positive rates, we will allow no new crown tests when entering the country."
According to the level of the epidemic risk, the Japanese government divides each country and region into three groups "red, yellow, and blue" based on the positivity rate of nucleic acid test. Incoming personnel from "blue group" countries and regions with low positive rates can be exempted from nucleic acid testing and quarantine measures regardless of whether they have been vaccinated; incoming personnel from "yellow group" countries and regions with low positive rates can be exempted from nucleic acid testing and quarantine measures if they have received the third dose of vaccine; incoming personnel from "red group" countries and regions with high positive rates still need to undergo nucleic acid testing and undergo a certain period of quarantine.
Among them, the "blue group" includes 98 countries and regions including China, the United States, South Korea, etc. Visitors from these countries and regions will not need to test the new crown or be quarantined when entering the country.
Image source: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website
Points of policy for Chinese tourists to Japan:
1. From June 10, you can apply for a tourist visa, only group tours, and you are not allowed to travel freely for the time being. After 0:00 on June 1, you will not need nucleic acid tests after entering Japan, and you will not need to be quarantined at home ( whether you have been vaccinated or what kind of vaccine you have been vaccinated)
3. Negative nucleic acid test report 72 hours before entry
4. After entering the country, you can take public transportation
It is reported that the handling of relevant affairs for travel to Japan will also start from June 10, including visa application and other services. It is expected that it will take some time for tourists to actually start entering the country. At the same time, international routes of new Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan and Naha Airport in Okinawa will resume operations within June.
Latest entry policies of various countries
1
New Zealand
Local time On May 11, New Zealand Prime Minister Jesinda Ardern announced that the full opening of the border will be advanced from October to midnight on July 31. Previously, since midnight on May 1, New Zealand has allowed tourists from countries with mutual visa exemption and tourists from other countries with valid visas to enter without quarantine.
Currently, New Zealand's entry policy includes:
1. You must hold a COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Recognized vaccines include: AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Covovax, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Nuvaxovid (Novavax), Pfizer -BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm Holdings (BIBP) or Sinovac vaccine
2. Passengers must hold a negative COVID-19 PCR or RT-PCR test that is performed up to 48 hours before departure; or a negative COVID-19 antigen or LAMP test that is performed up to 24 hours before departure;
3. After passing customs, passengers will receive a welcome gift package containing RAT kit at Biosecurity and must undergo 2 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) - once on day 0/1 and the other on day 5/6;
4. Passengers entering or transiting New Zealand must complete their health declaration at https://www.travellerdeclaration.govt.nz/ before departure, which will generate a travel pass presented at check-in;
5. If a passenger tests COVID-19 while in New Zealand, he or she needs to be quarantined for 7 days and must find his or her accommodation and pay for the cost, as well as pay for the health care costs.
2
South Korea
From June 1 local time, South Korea will resume tourist visa (C-3), multiple visa issuance services and visa expedited services. At the same time, Jeju Island will also resume the policy of visa-free entry to Jeju Island that has been suspended since February 4, 2020 due to preventing the import of the new crown pneumonia epidemic from abroad. Chinese citizens are those who can enter Jeju Island without visa-free entry.
Image source: South Korean Embassy in China
In addition, starting from March 28 local time, people who have been vaccinated with the WHO certified vaccine can enter South Korea without isolation.
*A person who has completed vaccination is defined as: persons within 14th to 180 days after receiving 2 doses of WHO certified vaccine (1 dose of Janssen vaccine), or persons who have completed 3 doses of vaccination (including those certified by South Korea after overseas vaccination)
Application method for quarantine exemption: Information registration through the "Overseas Entry Epidemic Prevention Information Pre-registration System (Q-CODE)"
-Korean certified vaccination completed: Vaccination information will be automatically associated with the pre-registration system
- Those who have completed vaccination overseas and have not been certified in South Korea: Vaccination certificate must be uploaded to the pre-registration system
Detailed entry requirements can be viewed: ncov.mohw.go.kr
Overseas entry epidemic prevention information pre-registration system (Q-CODE) can be viewed: http://cov19ent.kdca.go.kr
3
Germany
According to the European Times, starting from June 1, people entering Germany will no longer need to show a '3G' (completely vaccinated, recovered from the new coronavirus, and tested negative for the new coronavirus).
In view of the decline in the number of new crown cases, German Health Minister Lautbach hopes to relax regulations on entering Germany from June to August. Germany's current entry regulations will expire on May 31. Under this regulation, all entrants over the age of 12 must still provide a '3G' certificate.
But for travelers from viral mutant areas, strict regulations will still apply: they must undergo 14-day quarantine after entering Germany, even if they have received the new crown vaccine or have recovered. However, no country has been designated as a virus mutant zone at present.
On May 25th local time, the German Federal Cabinet passed an amendment to the new regulations on entry epidemic prevention. It also stipulates that in the future, except for the vaccines approved by EU , all vaccines approved by WHO will also be recognized when entering Germany.
4
Canada
Starting from Eastern Daylight saving time 4-1 at 12:01 am. As long as the vaccine approved by the Canadian government is fully vaccinated, all passengers entering Canada will no longer need to provide pre-entry COVID-19 test results.
That is to say, international students vaccinated with Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccine and other Chinese citizens holding travel visas do not need to undergo COVID-19 PCR test before the flight takes off. However, after landing in Canada, passengers will still be randomly tested, but those who are tested do not need to be quarantined while waiting for the results.
It should be noted that all travelers still need to use the ArriveCAN application to upload travel and vaccination information within 72 hours before arriving in Canada.
5
Singapore
From April 26, 2022, passengers who have been fully vaccinated will enter Singapore without undergoing pre-departure tests. Entry requirements for unvaccinated travelers remain unchanged.
All travelers aged 13 and above who are allowed to enter Singapore who are not fully vaccinated must undergo testing within 2 days before departure to Singapore, undergo 7 days of home observation after arrival, and undergo testing at the end of the home observation period.
Before traveling to Singapore, passengers can check the latest entry requirements at https://safetravel.ica.gov.sgc.
6
US
Passengers who have been fully vaccinated will not be mandatory when entering the United States, but they need to make the following preparations:
1. Register for EVUS (Visa Update Electronic System);
2. Before departure in China, you must issue a complete vaccination certificate (Science and Sinopharm) and you must 14 days after completing the complete vaccination; one day before departure, you will get a negative nucleic acid test report. When boarding, you must provide a valid nucleic acid negative certificate within 24 hours and a record of 14-day vaccination completion;
3. Within 3-5 days after arriving in the United States, conduct nucleic acid testing, cooperate with the local epidemic prevention requirements to reduce unnecessary outings.
According to the latest announcement of US CDCh, vaccinated people must confirm that the following conditions are met before they can be considered to be fully vaccinated according to the type of vaccination. Single-dose vaccine: 14 days after vaccination with FDA approved or WHO emergency authorized vaccine; 14 days after vaccination with the second dose of the FDA approved or WHO emergency authorized vaccine; Clinical trial vaccine: 14 days after complete vaccination with the FDA approved or WHO emergency authorized vaccine (non-placebo); Mixed vaccine: 14 days after vaccination with any 2 doses of the FDA approved or WHO emergency authorized vaccine 14 days after vaccination with 14 days after vaccination with 12 doses of the FDA approved or WHO emergency authorized vaccine.
14-day algorithm: It takes 14 days before boarding the plane to the United States. For example, the last shot is the vaccine received on May 1, and May 15 is the first day that meets the 14-day requirement. Currently, the types of vaccines received by the United States include China National Pharmaceutical Vaccine (BIBP/Sinopharmam) and Sinovac vaccine (Sinovac).
In addition, European countries such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland have successively lifted most of the restrictions on entry to the new crown at the beginning of the year, and no longer required the provision of vaccination certificates, post-entry testing and isolation.
Source: China Overseas Chinese Network, The Paper, People's Daily, South Korean Embassy in China, and the official website of the Singapore government. If infringement, delete it.
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