Japan faces 7th wave of Covid-19 before school summer holiday

Japan has issued a warning on July 14, 2022, that a new wave of Covid infections appeared to be spreading rapidly and urged people to take precautions ahead of an approaching long weekend and school summer holidays. The head of the government’s pandemic advisory panel said that Japan is in the midst of its seventh wave of Covid-19. Officials noted that there can be “no doubt” that Japan is facing a “new wave”, fuelled by the BA.5 subvariant. So far, the government has not reintroduced any travel curbs.