Japanese public health experts cite three factors that allowed the nation to weather the coronavirus pandemic without huge losses of life or lockdowns: an early emergency declaration, fast dissemination of information about the virus to citizens, and special contact tracing.
“In a characteristically Japanese way, we have all but brought this epidemic under control in the last month and a half,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
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