New coronavirus cases among the elderly are increasing while those with severe symptoms and deaths are also on the rise, an advisory panel of experts to the health ministry said Thursday, as Japan braces for its eighth wave of infections.Nationwide infections reported in the week through Wednesday were 1.24 times higher than the previous week, with 46 out of the country's 47 prefectures marking a rise during the period, the ministry reported at a meeting of the experts."There is a possibility that this will lead to the so-called eighth wave," Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kat…READ FULL ARTICLE
