![]() ![]() A plane evacuating Britons from Wuhan arrives at RAF Brize Norton.The UK’s first two patients test positive for Coronavirus after two Chinese nationals from the same family staying at a hotel in York fall ill.Schools in Beijing to stay closed until further notice.China extends the ‘Spring Festival’ holiday in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.Construction begins in Wuhan for a specialist emergency hospital which opened on 3rd February.Figures compiled by the Chinese Railway Administration showed that approximately 100,000 people had already departed from Wuhan Train Station by the deadline.17 people had died at this point and 570 infected in Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the US. Planes and trains leaving the city are cancelled, and buses, subways and ferries within the city are suspended. Wuhan (population over 11 million) is cut off by the Chinese authorities.Public Health England announces it is moving the risk level to the British public from ‘very low’ to ‘low’.The first confirmed case of the virus in the US in Washington State, where a man in his 30s developed symptoms after returning from a trip to Wuhan.The first confirmed cases outside mainland China occurred in Japan, South Korea and Thailand, according to the WHO.Reporters from Hong Kong taken to police station after trying to film the situation within Wuhan hospital.It was a 61-year old man who was a regular customer of the market in Wuhan where the virus is believed to have originated, and had previously been found to have abdominal tumors and chronic liver disease. Chinese state media reported the first known death from an illness caused by the virus.The Chinese government agrees to accept a WHO scientific team to assist their own researchers.Central Hospital of Wuhan banned its staff from discussing the disease publicly or recording them using text or image that can be used as evidence.China contacts the WHO and informs them of ‘cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology’ detected in Wuhan.There was no evidence that the virus was spread by humans. Days laters researchers in China identified a new virus that had infected dozens of people. Chinese authorities confirmed they were treating dozens of cases of pneumonia of an unknown cause.Chinese epidemiologists with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention published an article on 20th January 2020 stating that the first cluster of patients with ‘pneumonia of an unknown cause’ had been identified on 21st December 2019.visa exemptions) granted by the Japanese Government to APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) issued by the following countries has been also resumed from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022. Visa Exemption Arrangement for United Nations Laissez-Passer Holders.Visa Exemptions for Diplomatic and Official Passport Holders.The visa exemption arrangements which have been temporarily suspended under the border measures have been resumed from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022.įor countries/regions applicable to the visa exemption arrangements, please visit the link below: Restrictions on airport/ports for arrival Lifting of the suspension of visa exemption measures Lifting of the suspension of visa validity Denial of the re-entry from certain countries/regions among designated countries/regions in response to COVID-19 variants of special treatment on border measures (2) Currently implemented measures including random sampling test which are provisional measures for all travelers and returnees arriving from China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) by direct flights, will be replaced to the testing on arrival required to those who show symptoms, which is the same measure applied to all other travelers and returnees.(1) All travelers and returnees will no longer be required to submit either a certificate of negative result of COVID-19 test conducted within 72 hours prior to departure, or a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate of three doses or equivalent.Lift of the suspension of visa validity below for further information. Suspension of visa validity under the border measures has been also lifted from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022. Lift of the suspension of visa exemption measures for more details. Visa exemption arrangements have been resumed from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022. ![]()
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