After China, now Japan has been reporting a surge in covid cases, country on Wednesday (December 28) reported 415 deaths due to covid19 -the highest-ever count for a single day.
The national tally of newly confirmed Covid cases on Wednesday stood at 216, 219. This is an approximately four percent jump from last Wednesday when the number stood at 206,943.
In the past week, Japan had the highest global number of infections. In terms of reported deaths, as per the World Health Organization.
The nation as per AFP has also imposed Covid curbs on visitors from China, requiring them to take Covid tests upon arrival.
This as per Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been done because of the "information that infection is spreading rapidly" in China.