Japan gov't asks Tokyo hospitals to accept more COVID patients

Japan's health ministry along with the Tokyo metropolitan government asked hospitals in the capital on Monday to secure beds and accept as many COVID-19 patients as possible in the first such state-level request, as a recent resurgence in infections outstrips the city's medical system.To further relieve strain on hospitals in Tokyo, the metropolitan government started operating the same day a facility to provide oxygen support to COVID-19 patients with relatively mild symptoms.As the Japanese capital has been witnessing record levels of coronavirus cases in recent weeks, health minister Nor…READ FULL ARTICLE