News Japanese Govt Urged To Take Gradual Approach To Pandemic Downgrade
Offering its view on the impact of making COVID-19 a Class 5 disease under infectious disease legislation, the panel said the change could end state treatment subsidies and the securing of hospital beds and that medical facilities should be able to see and admit patients when infections are high.
The government intends to use the advisory panel’s findings when it considers downgrading the disease’s classification in the spring. The minister of health, labor and welfare, Katsunobu Kato, sought the panel’s views on the health care system, the coronavirus’s infectivity and how likely it is to mutate.
In its guidance, the panel stated that while death rates have fallen after the emergence of the Omicron variant and multiple vaccination drives, greater infectivity has led to more deaths. “It will take time for COVID-19 to become a disease requiring the same response as seasonal flu,” said Takaji Wakita, the panel’s chairman.
Japan is witnessing its eighth wave of infections and enduring record numbers of deaths from COVID-19, with a new daily high of 520 people nationwide reported Wednesday. COVID-19 is currently categorized as a novel influenza infection on par with Class 2 pathogens, such as tuberculosis and avian flu, which are subject to extensive measures, including limiting movements by infected individuals and their close contacts.
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