People wearing face masks wait to cross a street in Tokyo on Friday, January 27, 2023. - AFP
TOKYO, Jan 27, 2023 (AFP): Japan's government will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical classification for Covid-19, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.
The changes, effective from early May, will classify the disease on the same level as the flu, down from its current status on par with tuberculosis and SARS.
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