"The Japanese government, with the help of experts, is exploring the prospect of changing the status of the "Covid-19" infection and transferring it to a seasonal flu category."
The Japanese Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference held in Tokyo, SIA refers to Japanese media.
Currently, those infected with the "Covid-19" infection, which is in the second category of infectious diseases in Japan, are treated entirely at the expense of the state. After the reduction of the coronavirus to the fifth category, which includes seasonal viral diseases, the treatment and vaccination costs will be paid not by the state, but by the patient himself. If such changes are made, the "Covid-19" vaccine will also be paid by the patients.
But the high level of infection with the coronavirus in Japan prevents such decisions for now.
At the same time, an increase in deaths from "Covid-19" infection is observed starting from December 2022. Since the middle of last month, nearly 10,000 people infected with the coronavirus have lost their lives. This is about 16 percent of the deaths recorded during the pandemic.
More than 80 percent of the population in Japan has been vaccinated against the coronavirus with at least two doses.
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