Japan's COVID patients recovering at home top 500,000 for 1st time

The number of people in Japan recovering at home from the coronavirus has topped 500,000 for the first time as the recent surge in infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant continued to put strain on the health care system across the country.Authorities have been requesting those with milder symptoms to recover at home as concerns grow that hospitals will run out of beds for COVID-19 patients at a time when Japan's booster shot program is still in the earlier stages.The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said the number of people recovering from COVID-19 at home total…READ FULL ARTICLE