CATEGORY Issues relating to the contagion

Fact-checks the situation of infections related to COVID-19

2020.05.23 Issues relating to the contagion YANAI

False: “Tokyo’s hospitals overwhelmed with bed utilization at 91% on May 11” though the numbers actually ended being under 50%

NHK reported on May 11 that hospitals in Tokyo were still overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients with hospital uti…

2020.05.14 Issues relating to the contagion YANAI

False: A Taiwanese newspaper reports that 73 Japanese police officers contracted COVID-19 after handling infected corpses

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2020.04.28 Issues relating to the contagion YANAI

Inaccurate: The US embassy in Japan warns “a collapse of the Japanese health care system is close at hand”

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