Japan PM says restrictions unnecessary despite record COVID-19 cases

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that the government still has no plans to impose COVID-19 restrictions on people's movements despite recent record infections caused by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant."We will put the system we have in place into full operation to move forward with social and economic activities," Kishida said in an interview with Kyodo News and Hiroshima-based Chugoku Shimbun.But the Japanese government said the same day it has established a framework to enable prefectural governments to more freely issue requests to stem the spread of the…READ FULL ARTICLE