May 11, 2021 at 13:15 JST
A doctor visits the home of a patient who needs nursing care after suffering a brain hemorrhage in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 15, 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Deadly new coronavirus clusters that recently killed nearly 40 residents at two senior homes in the western Kansai region have underscored afresh the acute shortages of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients. [Read More]
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