TOKYO -- As the number of COVID-19 cases surges in Japan, the country's roughly 470 public health centers are under strain once again as they struggle with growing demand for testing, tracing and monitoring of the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 puts Japan's public health foot soldiers to test
Country's 35,000 specialists handled first wave but fret over what may come
A health care worker conducts a PCR test at Narita Airport near Tokyo. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara)
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