Japan to maintain strict border controls: PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that Japan will keep its strict border control measures for the time being amid concerns over the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Kishida, speaking at a press conference after a 16-day extraordinary Diet session, said the community spread of Omicron has not happened in Japan, but the country needs to beef up precautionary measures by speeding up booster shots plans and promoting orally administered Covid-19 drugs, Xinhua news agency reported.

Scientific evaluations have yet to be established regarding how transmissible Omicron is and how serious the disease (caused by it) will get, said Kishida, who became prime minister in October, placing priority on anti-Covid-19 measures.

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