Japan to ease quarantine for people inoculated with J&J COVID-19 vaccine -Nikkei

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FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk along the Kokusai-dori in the prefectural capital Naha, on the southern island of Okinawa, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk along the Kokusai-dori in the prefectural capital Naha, on the southern island of Okinawa, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan intends to ease quarantine rules by the end of November for people inoculated with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, the Nikkei daily reported on Tuesday.

Japan last week took a first step in its planned phased re-opening of borders, which centres on business travellers.

But that plan's easing of quarantine rules for inbound business travellers did not cover people inoculated with J&J's COVID-19 vaccine.

(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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