02-12-2021, 05:31 PM
Japan's flag airlines halted new reservations yesterday and the government widened a travel ban amid escalating alarm over Omicron after a second case of the coronavirus variant was detected in the country.
Japan Airlines and ANA Holdings, said they were suspending new reservations for international flights to Japan until the end of the month. The move came at the request of the Transport Ministry, which has also requested foreign airlines to halt all such reservations.
Japan took some of the strictest steps globally no Monday by closing its borders to new foreign entrants for about a month in light of the emergence of Omicron. A day later, Japan's first Omicron case was discovered- a Namibian diplomat who had arrived on Sunday.
A second case was found in a male traveller in his 20s coming from Peru who landed at Narita International Airport on Saturday, the Health Ministry said...
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper
Japan Airlines and ANA Holdings, said they were suspending new reservations for international flights to Japan until the end of the month. The move came at the request of the Transport Ministry, which has also requested foreign airlines to halt all such reservations.
Japan took some of the strictest steps globally no Monday by closing its borders to new foreign entrants for about a month in light of the emergence of Omicron. A day later, Japan's first Omicron case was discovered- a Namibian diplomat who had arrived on Sunday.
A second case was found in a male traveller in his 20s coming from Peru who landed at Narita International Airport on Saturday, the Health Ministry said...
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper