Families raising children in Japan are facing the big question of who will look after their children if both parents become infected with the coronavirus, as options are limited.
While the health ministry allows parents with mild symptoms to recuperate at home, this raises the risk to children and other household members. And if all caregivers are hospitalized, many facilities are unprepared, or hesitant, to take in their children, who may also be infected.
On Wednesday, freelance TV announcer Tamao Akae said she has been hospitalized for pneumonia after becoming infected with the virus.