Japan is to allow medical workers who have been identified as close contacts of people infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to keep working, after staff absences caused by a 14-day quarantine period stressed the health system in an area suffering from a large outbreak.
Healthcare staff can continue working as long as they pass daily tests, Japanese Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Shigeyuki Goto told reporters on Wednesday. The government is moving to allocate resources to those who need them the most as cases surge in Japan, which had all but snuffed out its wave of the Delta
Japan keeps border controls as it prepares for omicron surge nownews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nownews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Japan keeps border controls as it prepares for omicron surge durangoherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from durangoherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.