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HEALTH

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2020
Japanese asked to hunker down through Golden Week as virus numbers grow
Officials worry that travel during holiday could create clusters in rural areas where the health care system is relatively fragile.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2020
Aichi Prefecture to subsidize hospitals accepting coronavirus patients
The Aichi Prefectural Government said Wednesday that it will provide financial support to medical institutions in the prefecture that treat patients with COVID-19 disease.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2020
Power-use patterns reveal secrets of world's new lockdown lifestyle
Life in lockdown means getting up late, staying up till midnight and slacking off in the afternoons.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2020
A funding freeze won’t fix the WHO’s China problem
The organization should be held responsible for its failings, but Donald Trump is wrong to cut off U.S. contributions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 22, 2020
Lockdown exit set to show Europe’s domestic abuse toll
For most of Europe, the easing of coronavirus lockdowns in the coming weeks will bring relief and a sense that the worst is over. For the social workers tracking domestic abuse, it’s likely to uncover more terrible news.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 22, 2020
Recovered, almost: China's early patients unable to shed coronavirus
Dressed in a hazmat suit, two masks and a face shield, Du Mingjun knocked on the mahogany door of a flat in a suburban district of Wuhan on a recent morning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2020
‘We needed to go’: Rich Americans activate pandemic escape plans
As coronavirus infections tore across the U.S. in early March, a Silicon Valley executive called the survival shelter manufacturer Rising S Co. He wanted to know how to open the secret door to his multimillion-dollar bunker 11 feet underground in New Zealand.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2020
U.S. CDC chief warns second, worse COVID-19 wave could arrive with flu season
A second wave of the coronavirus is expected to hit the United States next winter and could strike much harder than the first because it would likely arrive at the start of influenza season, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2020
How Singapore flipped from virus hero to cautionary tale
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore was a global standard bearer for taming the deadly illness. Now it’s home to Southeast Asia’s largest recorded outbreak and is racing to regain control.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 45,000, doubling in little over a week
U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 45,000 on Tuesday, doubling in a little over a week as cases climbed to over 800,000, according to a Reuters tally.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2020
Japan waiting for Golden Week to decide on extension of state of emergency, sources say
Japan will decide during its Golden Week holiday between April 29 and May 6 whether to extend its monthlong state of emergency to fight a widening coronavirus outbreak, government and ruling party sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2020
Tokyo reports 123 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 123 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, marking the first rise in four days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2020
Tests confirm 11 'unnatural' deaths in Japan were related to coronavirus: report
Police reported last month the deaths of 11 people deemed to be unnatural before tests showed the victims had been infected with the coronavirus, media outlets reported Tuesday.

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