What are the issues behind Japans recent COVID-19 Death Surge?

Japan once boasted one of the lowest Covid mortality rates, but the figure has been trending upwards since the end of 2022.

Japan was largely closed to foreign visitors from 2020 till mid-June last year. It opened its borders cautiously - at first, travellers had to be part of a package tour, buy medical insurance, and be masked in all public places.

However, it hit an all-time high on 20 January this year, surpassing the UK, US and South Korea, according to Oxford University's Our World in Data.

What is behind this rise? Read the full article by By Kelly Ng for the BBC here

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