Japan will create an entity for infectious disease experts similar to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and bolster its crisis response, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says.
Japan s top coronavirus adviser says the country no longer needs to "fully" stop social activities as symptoms of the currently dominant Omicron variant are less severe than those of previous strains.
Three more Japanese prefectures are considering asking the government to place them under a quasi-state of emergency, local officials say, as the nation scrambles to rein in surging infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron strain.
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