Originally Posted by
IamVader
Hello,
I went thru all the hoops of getting permission to travel to Japan, and will be flying to Tokyo later this month. One thing I am worried about is the on arrival testing. I will get tested before flying, but what happens if I test positive on arrival? Can I continue on to my quarantine location or will I be forced to stay at the hospital?
Does anyone know the procedures of what would happen if I tested positive on arrival?
There have been more than few cases where non-Japanese citizen tested positive to COVID-19 at the airport upon arriving to Japan. According to media in Japan those passengers were:
If a person had symptoms of COVID-19 then a heath department was contacted and the person was taken to the hospital equipped to handle COVID-19 patients which was specified by the health department .
If a person did hot have symptoms of COVID-19 then the person was taken to hotels around airport which was designated as a quarantine hotel by local government. The person was quarantined at the hotel for 14 days. literally not allowed to leave the room. Food delivered to the room (no choice of meals), etc.
Seems like the person had to pay the expense in both cases.