Its the seventh consecutive day with more than 200 infections. Across the country, the total number of infections has topped 40,000. The Prime Minister said in a meeting that the situationon ha been seesawing for the past several days. Abe shinzo said the number o of seriously ill patients is hovering at around 80 nationally. The government plans to convene an expert panel in the coming days to come up with further antivirus measures. It comes as the clock ticks down to the Summer Vacation period that starts next week. Normally, thats the time when many people return to their hometowns, but this time, tokyos governor is calling on residents to stay home as much as possible. Nhk world spoke to one of the experts on the Central Governments coronavirus subcommittee about the recent developments. Reporter as president of the Japanese Association for infectiousus diseases, t Tateda Kazuhiro has been on the frontline since the outbreak began. He says japan is in the middle of a second wave,
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