New coronavirus cases among the elderly are increasing while those with severe symptoms and deaths are also on the rise, an advisory panel of experts to the health ministry says, as Japan braces for its eighth wave of infections.
Japan has entered the eighth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, marking a period where "high-risk behaviors" should be controlled based on the "judgment of each individual," according to the Japan Medical Association
Japan will allow international cruise ships to dock at its ports, transport minister Tetsuo Saito says, lifting a more than two-year ban imposed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to stem the virus spread in the country.
Nearly 60 percent of people in Japan were unaware of government guidance that wearing masks outdoors for protection against the coronavirus is unnecessary in most cases, recent survey results have shown.
With coronavirus cases quickly rebounding throughout Japan, the country s eighth pandemic wave may match or exceed the previous wave s peak of more than 260,000 daily cases seen in August, the health ministry s experts panel says