Coronavirus: India’s new cases hit eight-month high, full impact weeks away; Japan widens curbs to nearly half the population

• India concerned the impact of the current run-up in infections will show up with a lag of about two to three weeks; hospitalisation and deaths and will come later
• Japan’s government approves plan to put 13 areas under a three-week restraint as a surge in Omicron cases threatens to paralyse society; Philippines confirms first deaths from Omicron