Coronavirus
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Tokyo logs over 20,000 new COVID cases for first time since August
The Tokyo metropolitan government said Tuesday that 20,513 people had newly tested positive for the ...
December 20, 2022
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No strong measures for Category V diseases
The Infectious Disease Control Law has classifications from Category I to V in descending order of r...
December 16, 2022
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Funeral guidance for COVID victims to be eased
Funeral guidelines for COVID-19 victims are set to be eased, according to a draft compiled by the He...
December 15, 2022
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COVID-19 classification discussions to get into full swing in Japan
Government deliberations over whether to lower the official classification of COVID-19, which would ...
December 15, 2022
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COVID-19 different from seasonal flu, health panel warns
Key members of a health ministry advisory body indicated Wednesday that COVID-19 has different chara...
December 15, 2022
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Travel subsidy goes on vacation Dec. 28, returns in reduced from Jan. 10
The nationwide travel subsidy program that ends Dec. 28 will be restarted Jan. 10, 2023, the governm...
December 14, 2022
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Beijing residents panic amid eased COVID restrictions
BEIJING / GUANGZHOU — With the extensive easing of measures to prevent novel coronavirus infection i...
December 14, 2022
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Osaka logs over 10,000 coronavirus cases for 1st time in 3 months
The Osaka prefectural government reported 10,679 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday. It is the fi...
December 13, 2022
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Eateries fraudulently received over ¥500 million in pandemic subsidies
Fraudulent claims for coronavirus pandemic subsidies worth more than ¥500 million had been identifie...
December 10, 2022
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China scrambles to adjust ‘zero-COVID’ exit strategy
WUHAN, China/BEIJING — The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping has rolled back some eleme...
December 8, 2022
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COVID death toll tops 50,000 in Japan
Japan’s cumulative COVID-19 death toll topped 50,000 on Thursday, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun tal...
December 3, 2022
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Kato requests review of COVID classification
Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato has asked an advisory body to consider a review of...
December 1, 2022
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Japan tops weekly world ranking for COVID cases; is nation blinded by normalcy bias?
Japan recorded the world’s highest weekly number of new coronavirus infections for three consecutive...
November 29, 2022
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Coronavirus-flu virus test kits welcomed though accuracy concerns remain
The commercial availability of test kits for simultaneous detection of the novel coronavirus and sea...
November 29, 2022
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Rollout of online medical consultations easier said than done
The government plans to make online medical services a central part of efforts to ease the looming p...
November 26, 2022
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