Bars and restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka that have complied with authorities’ infection-prevention requests will soon resume normal business hours and alcohol sales for the first time in 11 months.
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Hospitals that accept COVID-19 patients have had to set up zoning to separate the movement of infected patients to prevent in-hospital infection and all the staff, including the administration members, continue working hard on a daily basis to keep the spread under control. But despite facing hardships, hospital revenues are falling and staff bonuses are being reduced.
Since November 2020, when the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic started in earnest, Japanese hospitals are finding it harder to get by financially. This was revealed in a survey of 4,410 hospitals belonging to three organizations: the Japan Hospital Association, All Japan Hospital Association, and Japanese Association of Medical Care Corporations. There were valid responses from 1,475 hospitals.