COVID deaths increasing among elderly in Japan despite prevalence of less lethal omicron variant
Record-high COVID deaths have been logged on several days amid the sixth wave of the pandemic, with the cumulative toll exceeding 20,000 as of Friday.
Category: COVID-19
Japan PM Kishida Vows to Help Expand COVID-19 Care Capacity
The government will dispatch nurses to Tokyo and Osaka from public hospitals, Kishida said in separate meetings with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura.
Yamanashi offers booster shots for employees at facilities for people with disabilities
On February 7th Yamanishi prefecture started offering the third vaccination shot against the new coronavirus for medical workers and others, as well as vaccination of employees of facilities for the disabled, where clusters are likely to occur.
Tokyo to seek COVID emergency based on severe patients’ bed occupancy
As of Wednesday, the rate of hospital bed occupancy secured for patients with serious symptoms was 15.1 percent, and those requiring oxygen supply was 8 percent.
Japan’s Daily Coronavirus Count Tops 90,000 for 1st Time, 886 Seriously ill patients
Seriously ill COVID-19 patients totaled 886, up 82 from Tuesday, and 82 people, including 19 in Osaka Prefecture and six in Tokyo, died of the diseases.
Japanese Rights Groups to Listen to Psychiatric Inpatients’ Problems
The groups will intensively handle such calls on Feb. 2, Feb. 12 and Feb. 22. The campaign comes at a time when visits to psychiatric hospitals by the groups for meetings with inpatients have been restricted amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Nursery School Closures in Japan Hit Record for 2nd Week
There are concerns that if nursery school and certified child care facilities are closed, working parents may not be able to go to work as they will be unable to leave their children at such facilities.
At-Home COVID-19 Patients Up 14-Fold in 2 Weeks in Japan
The nationwide number of such patients hit a record high of some 264,000 as of Tuesday, up about 14-fold from two weeks earlier.
Japan’s entry ban hurting foreign students’ mental health
Students across the world who have been unable to enter Japan for study due to the current COVID-19 entry ban mostly feel that their mental health has deteriorated, a private survey showed Thursday.
Japan’s outpatient clinics overstretched amid rapid spread of Omicron
Doctors say they are stretched almost to breaking point and that seeing more patients has become increasingly difficult. Japan reported a record 62,610 new infections on Tuesday, topping 60,000 for the first time.
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