(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Japan could announce as early as Friday plans for a new system
to allow regional authorities to take counter-measures against the
spread of a new coronavirus variant, Kyodo News said, citing
government sources, Trend reports citing Reuters .
Despite record new infections in a surging seventh wave of
COVID-19 that pushed Japan's tally to 233,100 on Thursday, the
government says there are no plans yet for more curbs, but the new
system would let regional officials adopt their own.
While the government said there had been fewer deaths than in
previous waves, the number of those critically ill has been
increasing in some parts of the country, putting medical systems
under pressure.
Japan has never ordered national lockdowns on the scale of some
other nations, instead periodically calling on people to stay home
as much as possible and limiting the opening hours of restaurants
and bars.
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