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Japan to downgrade COVID-19 classification to a less serious disease on May 8
Published January 26, 2023
Japan is set to downgrade its classification of COVID-19 to that of a less serious disease on May 8, revising its measures against the coronavirus such as relaxing guidance that people wear masks in public indoor places, NHK public broadcaster said.
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Visitors wearing protective face masks walk at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot, in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan 9, 2023. (REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo)
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The government last revised coronavirus measures in May 2022.
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