Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported that the Philippine government announced on the 16th that it would further relax the entry restrictions on foreigners from now on and allow citizens of non visa free countries and regions who meet the conditions such as having been fully vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine to enter the country. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on the same day that the "key measures for prevention of spread" (hereinafter referred to as "key measures") being implemented in 18 prefectures such as Tokyo will be lifted after the expiration of the 21st. In a statement released on the same day, the Philippine Immigration Bureau said that citizens from non visa free countries and regions need to hold valid visas, new crown vaccination certificates and nucleic acid negative certificates within 48 hours before departure, and self-monitoring for 7 days after entry. Children under the age of 12 are not required to be vaccinated, but they need to travel with their parents. In February this year, the Philippines has allowed citizens from 157 countries and regions with visa free agreements to enter the country after full vaccination. Local media believe that further easing the entry restrictions on foreigners will help the recovery of local tourism. Philippine Tourism Minister Bernadette Romulo puyatta said he hoped that this policy would attract more foreign tourists and help the tourism industry out of the plight of the epidemic. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on the evening of the 16th that at present, 18 prefectures such as Tokyo, Osaka Prefecture and Hokkaido apply the "key measures" with less intensity than the state of emergency until March 21. This means that in addition to certain restrictions on the entry of foreigners, administrative restrictions on epidemic prevention will be abolished in Japan. The Japanese government will make a formal decision on the 17 COVID-19 infection strategy headquarters meeting. Since the beginning of this year, Japan has welcomed sixth waves of COVID-19, with more than 100 thousand newly diagnosed cases on a single day. The expert group of Japan's Ministry of health, labor and welfare recently analyzed that the "key measures" have played a role in restraining the flow of personnel to a certain extent, making the number of new confirmed cases decline slowly, but it is expected that this index will still "run at a high level" in the future. According to the statistics of Japan Broadcasting Association television station, as of 18:20 local time (17:20 Beijing time) on the 16th, 57922 new cases were confirmed in Japan on the same day, with a total of 5922567 confirmed cases; There were 163 new deaths and a total of 26641 deaths. In addition, according to the statistics of the Japanese police agency, 564 infected people died in Japan in February, including 134 in Tokyo. (Xinhua News Agency)