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National Mar 16, 2020

Will Japan's virus testing policy be enough to flatten the curve?

by Magdalena Osumi

With the number of COVID-19 infections continuing to grow in Japan and the nation's efforts to contain the outbreak having yet to show results, some are asking whether current testing policy is adequate to manage the pandemic. Starting Monday, laboratories and medical institutions tasked with ...

National Mar 13, 2020

15-minute coronavirus test kits to be sold in Japan from next week

Textile and chemical product-maker Kurabo Industries Ltd. said Thursday that from next week it will begin selling test kits developed by a Chinese firm that can detect the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in 15 minutes, far quicker than the current method. The kit, which ...