[Japon] Where is Japan’s COVID hot spot? In Tokyo, 60% infected at home

Auteur : Asuka Hata, Nikkei staff writer

Production : Nikkei

Diffusion : site de Nikkei Asia

Date : 08 août 2021

With hospitals under strain, many forced to recover in close quarters with family

TOKYO — When her husband came down with COVID-19 last month, a Tokyo woman in her 30s was stymied by the instructions she received for at-home treatment from the local health bureau.

Source : Asuka Hata, « Where is Japan’s COVID hot spot? In Tokyo, 60% infected at home », Nikkei Asia, 08/08/2021. URL : https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Where-is-Japan-s-COVID-hot-spot-In-Tokyo-60-infected-at-home (consulté le 08/08/2021)

Photo « à la une » : A hotel room designated to admit coronavirus patients in Nagoya: Tokyo has struggled to make use of such lodgings. (Photo by Takashi Uema)