Owing to the Covid pandemic, the average life expectancy of Japanese people has declined in 2022 for the second straight year, according to the health ministry, reported Kyodo News.
The research panel of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found the risk in 221 facilities out of 765 so-called disaster base hospitals in August 2022.
Tokyo [Japan], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Friday held a meeting to discuss introducing harsher punishments for violators of coronavirus rules as the country sees a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, media reported.