The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has suspended new entry of international students to national public universities, school corporations, national colleges of technology, etc. due to the problem that a new mutant strain of the new coronavirus, Omicron strain, is spreading worldwide. , Notified the thoroughness of waiting measures for designated facilities for Japanese returning from the infected area.
According to the Ministry of Education, the notification is the name of the International Student Exchange Office, Student and International Student Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Until the end of December, new entry of international students will be suspended from the application from the person in charge of acceptance and the pre-examination before returning to Japan and before entering Japan, and will be refused without a new certificate of examination being issued to the person in charge of acceptance.
The number of Japanese returning from the spread area is 10 days from 10 countries such as South Africa, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe, 7 days from 6 countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Venezuela and the Netherlands, and 27 from Australia, Hong Kong, Germany and Turkey. After waiting for 3 days from the country and region at the accommodation facility secured by the quarantine station, we will wait at home for the remaining 14 days after returning to Japan.
The exemption from the 14-day detention measure if there is a valid vaccination certificate for returnees and re-entry persons, and the reduction of the waiting period from 10 days to XNUMX days will be suspended.
The Omicron strain is a new mutant strain identified in South Africa.As of the 5th, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the infection in more than 40 countries around the world.Some researchers have said that it is highly infectious and difficult to become severe, but there are still many unclear points.
