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Coronavirus

India and Japan wrestle with new COVID waves driven by variants

Mutations hit Asia hard and fast, casting Tokyo Olympics in uncertainty

There are fears that a COVID-19 variant may have helped fuel the exponential rise in India's COVID-19 cases, which are overwhelming the nation's vaccination efforts. (Source photos by Reuters and National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Kyodo)
AKANE OKUTSU, KIRAN SHARMA, CLIFF VENZON and APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO/NEW DELHI/MANILA/BANGKOK -- Asian countries are scrambling to counter new COVID-19 surges driven by faster spreading variants as these nations make slow progress in vaccinating their populations.

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