NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since our last report on the Japanese syphilis situation in mid-July 2021, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo reported more than 1300 additional...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Osaka Prefecture announced yesterday 3,004 coronavirus infections on September 1, a new record for the prefecture. The previous high was 2,829 cases reported on August...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Latest stats Japanese health officials reported 22,747 new COVID-19 infections Saturday, including 3,581 from Tokyo and more than 2,000 each from Osaka and Kanagawa prefectures. In...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the COVID-19 situation in Japan, the state of emergency has been extended until September 12, according to local media (computer translated). In...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Japan are reporting high numbers of COVID-19 in Tokyo, Osaka and nationwide today. On Saturday, it was confirmed that 5094 people were infected...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Syphilis was a major issue in Japan decades ago until shortly after the end of World War II, but the total reported cases declined to several hundred annually until...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 For the fourth year in a row, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo (NIID) has reported more than 5,000 syphilis cases in the country. In 2020, 5,784...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the COVID-19 situation in Japan, on Friday, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga implemented a state of emergency due to rises in COVID-19. PM Suga...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Japan Ministry of Health (MOH) reported today on five cases of the new variant of the coronavirus seen in the United Kingdom in travelers from Britain. The five people arrived...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Syphilis was a major issue in Japan until shortly after the end of World War II, but the total reported cases declined to several hundred annually until 2011, when a rebound...