Japan to tighten border controls for S. Africa, others on new virus variant – Jiji

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government decided on Friday to tighten border controls for visitors from South Africa and five other African countries after the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus, the Jiji news service reported.

Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa and some neighboring countries amid concern that a newly identified variant might make vaccines less effective.

(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Himani Sarkar)