Japan Plans to Downgrade COVID-19 to ‘Seasonal Flu’ Status, Evolve From Pandemic-Era Mandates

Posted 2023-01-21, The Epoch Times Headlines

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Japan intends to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 from a Class 2 disease to a Class 5 this spring, a decision that is expected to result in a major change in pandemic restrictions, with the government also planning to ease... read full story

"In order to return to our ordinary daily life in Japan while pursuing measures to adapt to living with the coronavirus, we will study concrete measures to gradually move on to a next step,"

Photo: Rokuku street in Asakusa, Japan.


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