TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Japan shattered its four-day-old Covid-19 record on Wednesday (Aug 4) with more than 14,000 cases, led by new highs in as many as 14 prefectures as the country battles the highly contagious Delta variant.
At the same time, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's leadership came under question again over a controversial policy to admit only the sickest and most at-risk patients into hospitals to prevent a breakdown of the medical system.
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