"Maximum vigilance" urged as Japan's daily COVID cases hit record

Japan's daily coronavirus cases hit a record high of 209,694 on Wednesday, with health experts urging "maximum vigilance" as the country continues to struggle with its seventh wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant.Despite the resurgence of the virus, the country has not imposed restrictions on people's movement as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seeking to maintain a balance of socioeconomic activities and measures to prevent infections from spreading further.The previous record was set last week at about 201,000, according to a tally based on local …READ FULL ARTICLE