The Japanese government is considering setting up an integrated database system to facilitate the prompt treatment of, and the development of vaccines for, infectious diseases such as COVID-19, government sources said Saturday.Information such as blood samples and the mucus of infected people will be stored in the new system to be operated by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, both currently taking a leadership role in taking countermeasures against the coronavirus, the sources said.At present, the former takes charge of the…READ FULL ARTICLE
