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Osaka Japan faces "system collapse" due to fast spreading Covid
Robert Besser
26th May 2021, 20:25 GMT+10
OSAKA, Japan: The spread of the Covid virus in Osaka, Japan's second-largest city, is causing what doctors call a "system collapse" of the city's healthcare network.
Osaka, located in Japan's western region with a population of 9 million people, representing 7 percent of Japan's population, has accounted for one-third of the country's Covid death toll in May.
"Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system," said Yuji Tohda, the director of Kindai University Hospital in Osaka, as quoted by Reuters.
"The highly infectious British variant and slipping alertness have led to this explosive growth in the number of patients," he added.
Japan had earlier avoided the high rate of infections seen by other nations. However, the fourth pandemic wave struck Osaka, which recorded 3,849 new positive tests in the week ending May 20, a five-fold increase in three months.
Also, as of May 20, 96 percent of the 348 hospital beds Osaka reserves for serious virus cases were occupied.
Additionally, the variant spreading through Osaka is often striking young people, who are becoming seriously ill...
Osaka Japan faces "system collapse" due to fast spreading Covid
Robert Besser
26th May 2021, 20:25 GMT+10
OSAKA, Japan: The spread of the Covid virus in Osaka, Japan's second-largest city, is causing what doctors call a "system collapse" of the city's healthcare network.
Osaka, located in Japan's western region with a population of 9 million people, representing 7 percent of Japan's population, has accounted for one-third of the country's Covid death toll in May.
"Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system," said Yuji Tohda, the director of Kindai University Hospital in Osaka, as quoted by Reuters.
"The highly infectious British variant and slipping alertness have led to this explosive growth in the number of patients," he added.
Japan had earlier avoided the high rate of infections seen by other nations. However, the fourth pandemic wave struck Osaka, which recorded 3,849 new positive tests in the week ending May 20, a five-fold increase in three months.
Also, as of May 20, 96 percent of the 348 hospital beds Osaka reserves for serious virus cases were occupied.
Additionally, the variant spreading through Osaka is often striking young people, who are becoming seriously ill...