Gov't task force stresses need to reduce human contact to fight virus

The Japanese government's task force tracking group infections of the new coronavirus stressed the need Wednesday to reduce human-to-human contact to contain the epidemic, saying 420,000 people could die if preventive measures are not taken.The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's team tasked with dealing with cluster infections of the pneumonia-causing virus said, however, Japan is not expected to see deaths caused by the virus reach such a level and that it will later release an estimate of how effective measures to reduce social contact have been in preventing infections in the country…READ FULL ARTICLE