Study finds virus cases in Japan surged after Go To travel campaign

The number of travel-associated novel coronavirus cases in Japan increased by nearly seven times after the government began a subsidy program aimed at promoting domestic tourism in July, a recent study found."Although the second epidemic wave in Japan had begun to decline by mid-August, enhanced domestic tourism may have contributed to increasing travel-associated COVID-19 cases," Kyoto University researchers Hiroshi Nishiura and Asami Anzai said in the study, published Thursday in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.They analyzed daily virus numbers prior to and after the "Go To Travel" campa…READ FULL ARTICLE