Japan boosts medical system to admit 37,000 COVID patients

Japan's health minister said Tuesday the country has boosted its medical capacity so it can admit 37,000 patients at hospitals, up 30 percent from this summer, in preparation for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.Health minister Shigeyuki Goto told a press conference that the government has met its target for securing more hospital beds officially decided in November, after many people were forced to recuperate at home during this summer's fifth wave of infections.But he said the government will review its policy when required as concerns mount over the Omicron variant. "We will be f…READ FULL ARTICLE