Currently, Covid19 is classified at a level almost equivalent to Category 2, the second most severe (image database)
The Japanese government has decided to work on easing antiCovid measures categorize the coronavirus in the same class as seasonal influenza.
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the prime minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to meet with Health Minister Katsunobu Kato and others this Friday (20) and instruct them to set up an expert panel to study the necessary measures for reclassification.
Currently, Covid19 is classified at an almost equivalent level category 2the second most severe in the Japanese infectious disease classification system.
Strict measures, including restrictions on the movement of people, can be imposed for category 2.
But given the impact of Covid19 on socioeconomic activity, the government decided on Thursday (19) to work to downgrade it to category 5, the lowest classification. already this spring.
If Covid is downgraded to Category 5, more hospitals can accept infected patients and people are no longer encouraged to limit their activities.
Covid19 patients have to pay with certain medical and hospital fees if the disease is placed in the new category. You don’t have to do this as long as Covid is in the Category 2 equivalent.
However, some authorities require this the government continues to fund it all costs notwithstanding reclassification.
The panel is also expected to discuss whether to change the current recommendation to wear masks indoors.
Source: NHK