A ministry official said studies were underway into the efficacy of vaccines against the new variant, which differs from highly infectious variants first found in Britain and South Africa that have driven a surge in cases.
"At the moment, there is no proof showing the new variant found in those from Brazil is high in infectiousness," Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, told a health ministry briefing. Still, Brazil's Health Ministry said it has been notified by Japan's authorities that the new variant has 12 mutations, and one of them has already been identified also in the variants found in the United Kingdom and in South Africa.
Of the four travellers who arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 2, a man in his forties had a problem breathing, a woman in her thirties had a headache and sore throat and a man in his teens had a fever, while a woman in her teens showed no symptoms, the health ministry said.After seeing a steep rise in coronavirus cases, Japan declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three prefectures neighboring the capital on Thursday.
It's jair Bolsonaro being a fascist. Don't worry about that. We have under control to plan to coup brazil. We will change Brazil forever here. Ok. Ctvnews. So have a great night. Bye.
There are many ways of rolling 6. Maybe yuppies should try actually thinking, instead of mindlessly propagating concepts. AsIf
Why are people allowed to travel?
Ok, stop travelling! How hard is that?
why the hell is Japan allowing brazillian people in....
So... different approach maybe! Or lockdown for a few decades?
brianlilley How many countries In the world. Now they are angling that’s how many variants will come at us. They should just be honest, they don’t want us ever out of lockdown.
Sure. Whatever. Came in on Murder Hornet migration.
brianlilley So UK Japan and South African variants when do we get the Canada variant? Here is an idea. About a digital counter that show how many vaccinations Canada is administered.
So there’s SEVERAL strands of Corona being mutated around the world now?
brianlilley More bs to keep us in constant fear.
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