Since 2022, the news that Japan intended to change the way used to count cases of Covid-19 has drawn attention. According to the authorities, the way it was being carried out was unfeasible. You hospitals they were becoming overwhelmed, as the responsibility for issuing the daily reports was the responsibility of the health institutions.
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Health Minister Katsunobu Kato even said the following during a parliamentary committee meeting: "We will act with a sense of speed as we listen to what experts and other stakeholders have to say."
Japanese health authorities announced in Tokyo that they will count cases of coronavirus infection in the same way as they do with seasonal influenza.
Until now, all cases of Covid-19 had to be reported.
As of May 8, the Japanese government will reclassify the disease, placing it in the same category as the flu, the opposite of what is being done. currently, as the virus is occupying the second most dangerous level among five, while seasonal influenza is part of the fifth category.
As discussed by the Ministry of Health, the accounting and dissemination of Covid-19 cases will be the same as for the seasonal flu. Only designated medical institutions shall submit periodic reports on cases of coronavirus infection.
Despite this discussion being old, the responsible bodies had clarified that they would only implement the measure after the seventh wave of illness had been controlled, which seems to be the case. Despite this, not everyone agrees with this change, including the head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Takaji Wakita.
He chairs the panel of experts at the Ministry of Health and has already openly declared himself against the change.
Finally, local health authorities ensure that governments will continue to analyze the genome in search of a possible risk of new variants emerging in the near future.
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