Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles worst wave of infections
The Hindu
New infections exceeded 25,000 on Thursday for the first time.
Japan plans to dramatically rampup daily COVID-19 tests, borrowing from anti-contagion measures used in the recent Tokyo Olympics, as it battles its worst wave of infections, driven by the Delta variant. New infections exceeded 25,000 on Thursday for the first time, a tally by national broadcaster NHK showed, with the surge among those in their 40s and 50s, most of whom are unvaccinated. The speed and severity of Japan's Delta-driven infectionsare overtaking the strategy of targeted cluster tracing it hasfavoured over the mass testing used by many nations.More Related News
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