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Even as Japan largely learns to live with the virus, a recent surge in COVID-19 cases has prompted the government to take action in case a possible eighth wave of infections is even higher than the seventh.
The government announced Friday that it will allow prefectures to claim a state of medical emergency if coronavirus infections surpass the point of the last record seventh wave and threaten to flood the fitness system, where citizens will be asked to take risks “voluntarily,” for example. through telecommuting or staying away from congested areas.
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