TOKYO -- Japan announced plans Friday to relax restrictions on close contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19, reducing the self-isolation period to as short as three days.
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Japan to ease COVID curbs despite spike in new cases
Self-isolation for close contacts to be as short as three days
Hospital beds for COVID patients will increase to 50,000 from 46,000 during the peak of the previous wave of infections. (Photo by Riku Tazaki)
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