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Japan’s pandemic entering ‘new phase’ as Tokyo COVID-19 cases hit record high
Olympics and adding to doubts over the government’s handling of the pandemic.The Delta variant was leading to a spread of infections “unseen in the past”, Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said as he defended a new policy of asking patients with milder symptoms to isolate at home rather than going to hospital.“The pandemic has entered a new phase … Unless we have enough beds, we can’t bring people to hospital. We’re acting pre-emptively on this front,” Tamura told parliament.