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112: A surge in omicron across Japan w/ Gearoid Reidy
Deep Dive from The Japan Times
English - January 13, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsNews Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Gearoid Reidy, senior editor at Bloomberg's Tokyo bureau, joins to discuss what the rapid spread of omicron means for Japan.
Read more:
Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 10,000 for first time in four months
Why you should still try to avoid catching omicron
Japan eyes relaxed rules on COVID close contacts and hospitalization
90% of omicron cases in Okinawa show mild to no symptoms
Japan seeks restrictions on U.S. troop movements as Okinawa reports record cases
Japan to maintain strict border restrictions until end of February
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Photo: Cases of COVID-19 have surged across the nation since the start of 2022. | Kyodo