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Japan tests all China arrivals for COVID amid surging cases

A traveler walks near a banner for the coronavirus testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. South Korea on Friday announced that it will require travelers from China to show negative PCR test results within 48 hours or rapid antigen tests within 24 hours of their departures, beginning Jan. 5. (Ryu Young-suk/Yonhap via AP) People wearing face masks flock to a shopping street famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) People wearing and not wearing face masks shop around at a shopping street famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A traveler walks near a banner for the coronavirus testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. South Korea on Friday announced that it will require travelers from China to show negative PCR test results within 48 hours or rapid antigen tests within 24 hours of their departures, beginning Jan. 5. (Ryu Young-suk/Yonhap via AP) People wearing face masks flock to a shopping street famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) People wearing and not wearing face masks shop around at a shopping street famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A traveler walks near a banner for the coronavirus testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. South Korea on Friday announced that it will require travelers from China to show negative PCR test results within 48 hours or rapid antigen tests within 24 hours of their departures, beginning Jan. 5. (Ryu Young-suk/Yonhap via AP) People wearing face masks flock to a shopping street famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) People wearing and not wearing face masks shop around at a shopping street famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A traveler walks near a banner for the coronavirus testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. South Korea on Friday announced that it will require travelers from China to show negative PCR test results within 48 hours or rapid antigen tests within 24 hours of their departures, beginning Jan. 5. (Ryu Young-suk/Yonhap via AP) Travelers crowd at a departure lobby of Haneda airport in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Japan on Thursday reported a record 420 single-day coronavirus deaths, one day after reaching an earlier record of 425 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. (Kyodo News via AP) Travelers crowd at a departure lobby of Haneda airport in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Japan on Thursday reported a record 420 single-day coronavirus deaths, one day after reaching an earlier record of 425 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan tests all China arrivals for COVID amid surging cases