About 6,600 people, or roughly 29% of the 23,000 travelers self-quarantining on any given day after entering Japan, have not been responding to smartphone app notifications used to confirm their whereabouts, according to health ministry data unveiled Wednesday.
Although authorities have been following up via video calls since May 13, they were not able to do so before then, the health ministry said.
According to data revealed to a Liberal Democratic Party policy committee, another 5,000 people, or roughly 20%, have been failing to report their health condition.