THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 7, 2021 at 14:07 JST
Takaji Wakita, center, director-general of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases who heads a health ministry expert panel, explains the panel’s assessment of the spread of infections at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 6. (Shuichi Doi)
More than 3,000 people in Tokyo who tested positive for the novel coronavirus were denied hospital treatment or self-isolation chambers during year-end period because public health centers are already overwhelmed in the COVID-19 crisis. [Read More]
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