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Japanese PM announces outline of anti-Covid measures

Tokyo, Oct 15 (UNI/Xinhua) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced an outline of Covid-19 countermeasures at a panel meeting on Friday, and the government would come up with an overall set of measures early next month, local media reported.
Kishida's government said that it would seek to increase the utilization rate of hospital beds secured for Covid-19 patients, in addition to designating more beds at public hospitals for patients of respiratory disease.
"We will prepare for the next surge in infections by considering the worst-case scenario," Kishida said at the meeting, adding that the government planned to present a more detailed response in November.
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