The number of new Covid-19 cases in Japan increased to 15,163 for the week ending Dec 8. -- PHOTO: AFP
TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Japan is facing a concurrent increase in influenza and Covid-19 cases nationwide, according to official data, prompting health ministry reminders to take prevention measures as temperatures fall during winter.
For the week ending Dec 8, the number of new influenza cases increased to 44,673 new cases, about 20,000 more than the previous week, with an estimated 347,000 patients nationwide.
