Japan reached a new record for daily infections by COVID-19con more than 110 thousand cases registered in 24 hours.
According to the jiji news agencythe last time Japan broke the record number of daily infections was last February, when cases exceeded 104 thousand.
With the figures registered this Saturday, they add two consecutive days that infections exceed 100 thousand in Japanderived from the spread of the BA.5 subvariant of Omicronmore contagious than the previous ones.
Tokiothe capital of the archipelago, is the most affected city as the number of daily infections has multiplied by 209 percent compared to the previous week, while today 18 thousand 919 new infections were confirmed.
before the call “seventh wave” of COVID-19the Japanese government has decided expand the application of the fourth dose of the vaccine against the virus to more age groupsincluding all medical staff and geriatric centers, in addition to those over 60 years of age and all adults with some disease.
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishidaexhorted the population to exercise maximum vigilance, and asserted that it is sought that younger people can also receive a fourth dose of the vaccine against the virus.
With information from EFE, Jiji and Reuters.
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