THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 11, 2021 at 16:40 JST
Health workers attend severely ill COVID-19 patients at Kurihashi Hospital in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 25. The hospital’s four beds for infected patients in serious condition were all filled for nearly the entire month. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
To avoid a repeat of the summer’s health crisis, Japan will set aside hospital beds for more than 35,000 COVID-19 patients this month in preparation for a possible winter wave of infections. [Read More]
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