Japan hits a record single-day number of COVID-19 cases
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 02:01 | 05 February 2022
- Modified Date: 02:02 | 05 February 2022
Japan hit a record single-day number of COVID-19 cases on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK said, as the Omicron variant continued to spread.
The country's daily virus cases exceeded 100,000 cases, marking a fresh high, NHK reported.
Most regions in Japan are now under infection control measures to try to blunt the spread of Omicron that has exploded among a population where less than 5% have received vaccine booster shots.
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