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Osaka says deaths at home increasing amid COVID-19 wave Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ A man enters a coronavirus testing center in Osaka on Tuesday. | KYODO Reuters May 11, 2021 A growing number of people are dying of COVID-19 at home as more infectious variants of the coronavirus fuel a fourth wave of infections and hospital resources are stretched to the verge of collapse. Eighteen people have died of COVID-19 at home in Osaka Prefecture, 17 of them since March 1, as highly infectious strains of the virus caused a spike in cases, the prefecture said late Monday, reporting deaths outside hospital for the first time. ....
Photo for representation. (Picture credit: AP) An alarming number of people in Japan are losing their life to Covid as more infectious variants of the disease trigger a fourth wave of infections in the country and hospital resources are stretched to capacity. With the rising cases, there lies a cloud of uncertainty over the viability of holding the Olympic Games, which is scheduled to begin from July 23. There is also a wave of growing anger among citizens over the way the Covid crisis has been handled by the Japanese government. The vaccination drive, too, has failed to pick up pace. ....
Covid-19: Anger over Japan govt grows as people die at home India Today Web Desk An alarming number of people in Japan are losing their life to Covid as more infectious variants of the disease trigger a fourth wave of infections in the country and hospital resources are stretched to capacity. With the rising cases, there lies a cloud of uncertainty over the viability of holding the Olympic Games, which is scheduled to begin from July 23. There is also a wave of growing anger among citizens over the way the Covid crisis has been handled by the Japanese government. The vaccination drive, too, has failed to pick up pace. ....
0 Engagements TOKYO: A growing number of Japanese people are dying of Covid-19 at home as more infectious variants fuel a fourth wave of infections and hospital resources are stretched to the verge of collapse. Compared with the number of infections, the number of beds for severe cases is very limited in Japan, Professor Yasutoshi Kido at Osaka City University s Graduate School of Medicine said yesterday. Eighteen people have died of Covid-19 at home in Osaka prefecture, 17 of them since March 1, as highly infectious strains of the virus caused a spike in cases, the prefecture said late on Monday, reporting deaths outside hospital for the first time. ....
Japan is late bloomer in race to develop COVID vaccine Researchers say Japan’s slow development of a vaccine against COVID-19 is linked to decades of stagnant public funding for universities resulting from government slashing overall higher education and research budgets to cope with dwindling national revenue. But the pandemic reversed the situation last year when government grants were expanded to support new projects that are collaborations between universities and drug companies. “Japan is a late bloomer in the fight to develop a domestic vaccine. But with new public grants extended to researchers, there are breakthroughs for a domestic product that will improve the safety and efficiency of currently available vaccines,” explained Dr Naoto Uemura, head of clinical pharmacology at Oita University Hospital. ....