ID | 119060 |
Author |
Bando, Hiroshi
Tokushima University|Medical Research|Integrative Medicine Japan
KAKEN Search Researchers
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Keywords | COVID-19
John Hopkins University (JHU)
Omicron
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) Japan
National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)
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Journal Article
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Description | Concerning COVID-19 problems, Japan showed improved situation in early Nov 2021, in which 20 out of 47 prefectures showed 0 cases on Nov 6. After that, 6th wave came for Jan-Apr 2022 and 7th wave started Jul 2022. New COVID-19 cases have been increasing rapidly now, and 20 prefectures showed largest ever on Aug 10, 2022. However, severely ill cases seem to be rare so far, which may be related to the characteristic of Omicron strain. Several effective vaccines have been developed, and then the discontinuation of COVID-19 pandemic across the world would be expected in the near future.
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Journal Title |
SunText Review of Virology
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ISSN | 27665003
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Publisher | SunText Reviews
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Volume | 3
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Issue | 1
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Start Page | 131
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Published Date | 2022-08-19
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Rights | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Medical Sciences
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