- ARAB NEWS
- 01 May 2025
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio unveiled plans Friday to provide antigen test kits for free to people visiting hospitals for COVID-19 testing.
The move comes in response to a surge in new COVID-19 cases in the country that leaves hospitals so crowded in some cases that doctors turn away patients.
The government aims to promote COVID-19 self-testing and advise patients with mild symptoms to stay at home.
Kishida asked for cooperation from the medical community over the free test kit distribution plan in a meeting with Kichiro Matsumoto, president of the Japan Medical Association.
JIJI Press
