Japan said it's temporarily banning nonresident foreigners from entering the country.

The band takes effect Monday and will run through January.

It comes after Japan on Friday confirmed its first five cases of the new, faster spreading variant in passengers arriving from the UK over in Canada.

Officials confirm two cases of the variant there were first detected in the UK Health officials in Ontario said the cases were discovered as a province went into lock down on Saturday.

Ah couple in southern Ontario, with no known travel history had tested positive in Sweden.

The variant was detected in a traveler from the UK who had become ill.

The Swedish health agency said the traveler had been isolated and that no further cases had been detected.