The Japanese health ministry plans to ease restrictions on funerals for people who died after infection with the novel coronavirus and stop requiring the use of body bags, sources familiar with the matter say.
The Japanese health ministry plans to ease restrictions on funerals for people who died after infection with the coronavirus and stop requiring the use of body bags, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. Other envisioned changes to the guideline for funerals of COVID-19 patients include no longer urging bereaved…
Japan has been struggling to find ways to increase its low and declining birth rate for some time now, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is hoping that the promise of some extra cash in the bank will encourage more people to add a baby to their family. Currently, new…