“A month after Japan downgraded Covid-19 to a status on par with that of seasonal flu, the nation may be on the cusp of a ninth Covid-19 wave, with the number of new infections increasing to nearly twice the level seen before the downgrade,” the Japan Times reports.
Covid Wave Looms in Japan
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