Japan to impose quarantine on travelers from Vietnam, Malaysia

The Japanese government said Tuesday it will impose a six-day quarantine period on travelers who have recently been to Vietnam and Malaysia as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the highly-contagious Indian coronavirus variant.Starting Friday, anyone who has been to either of the countries within 14 days of arrival will be required to stay in a government-designated facility and be tested twice for infection.Japan will also impose a quarantine period of 10 days on travelers recently in Afghanistan and three days on those recently in Thailand and 15 U.S. states including New York and C…READ FULL ARTICLE