TOKYO, Aug 20 — Japan plans to dramatically ramp up 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...
TOKYO, Aug 20 — Japan plans to dramatically ramp up 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.
The cabinet office said Japan intends to employ its full daily capacity of about 320,000 polymerase-chain reaction tests, or about triple the use now. The government wants to use the full capacity of public and private testing “as much as possible,” said Makoto Shimoaraiso, a cabinet official guiding the pandemic response.
Top national health adviser Shigeru Omi urged the government to step up testing and add hospital beds, suggesting that the law may have to be amended for tougher lockdowns.
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