Japan urged businesses on Tuesday to have staff work from home to help prevent t...
TOKYO - Japan urged businesses on Tuesday to have staff work from home to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and its top-flight soccer division announced it was postponing matches, just months before the country is due to host the Summer Olympics.
Japan has 160 cases of infections from the disease known as COVID-19, as well as 691 discovered on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked south of Tokyo. On Tuesday, broadcaster NHK reported a fourth death among passengers. Rather than trying to contain the disease outright, authorities are seeking to slow its expansion and minimize deaths. Telecommuting, or working online or from home, would reduce the infection risk from people gathered in one place.
Such steps would not aim to halt the outbreak but help give the healthcare system time “to increase its preparedness and capacity to treat patients,” said Lesham, whose facility is treating two Israeli passengers of the Diamond Princess.
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