Japan lifted a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus on Monday, gradually reopening the world's third-largest economy as government officials warned caution was still necessary to prevent another wave.
Japan lifted a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus on Monday, gradually reopening the world's third-largest economy as government officials warned caution was still necessary to prevent another wave.
Citizens largely heeded the orders, however, with most of Tokyo's famously packed streets falling quiet.The number of new infections has fallen from a peak of around 700 per day to just a few dozen nationally. High levels of hygiene and general health, the habit of removing shoes indoors, widespread mask usage, and bowing as a greeting rather than shaking hands or kissing: all have been advanced as possible reasons, but analysts agree there has been no silver bullet.
Medical facilities are also being boosted after horror stories of coronavirus victims being unable to find a suitable hospital bed.
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