Japan on Monday reported 2,770 new coronavirus cases, down 3,168 from Sunday. Tokyo reported 270 new cases, down 279 from Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms nationwide was 75, down five from Sunday, health officials said.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 22.
© Japan Today
16 Comments
didou
Cases have been down since last week as more masks have been off the face !
Jonny G
Fewer masks. Fewer cases. Unsurprising.
wolfshine
Okay, so are we finally ready to ditch the 3x vaccine/PCR negative proof requirement for entry/re-entry into the country? Why is it that literally every other country barring China no longer asks people for this and hasn't for like a year now? For the purpose of travel, same day PCR test centers are either disappearing or jacking up their prices, because the use-case has become so rare- literally only Japan and China. I guess as much as these countries act as though they are diametrically opposed to each other on an ideological scale, endless and meaningless Covid hysteria seems to be something they share in common.
wolfshine
Uhh, the government's fault? Why would it be anyone else's fault? Again, basically no other country aside from China requires PCR tests or vaccine certificates to enter.
CommodoreFlag
But what about the positivity rate™? :O
ian
And who's fault is that
kurisupisu
Covid rampant in Japan yet still asking for the useless proof of three vaccinations or a PCR test?
Stuck-in- a -time -warp -Japan
wolfshine
PCR tests or proof of vaccination is not required if you are a US citizen or a resident.
wolfshine
Tourists shouldn't have to submit PCR tests or proof of vaccination for entry. Tax-paying, visa-holding, legal working residents and citizens especially should not have to.
Most countries already have already accepted the latter. Japan has not. The fact that the US policy is only slightly less garbage than Japan's does not change this fact.
wolfshine
I haven't forgotten it because it still affects me.
RKL
Still huge numbers and many senseless deaths.
It's far from over.