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Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success

TOKYO - Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story.

Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 in Tokyo, with caseloads in the densely populated capital now routinely below 100, an 11-month low.

The bars are packed, the trains are crowded, and the mood is celebratory, despite a general bafflement over what, exactly, is behind the sharp drop.

https://www.startribune.com/vaccines-masks-japan-puzzling-over-sudden-virus-success/600107577/

 

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