By KOHEI TOMIDA/ Staff Writer
September 5, 2020 at 15:30 JST
The building in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district housing the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The health ministry, mindful of the looming influenza season, revised its procedures to determine if a person with symptoms should be tested and treated for COVID-19. [Read More]
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