Back from the brink: how Japan became a surprise Covid success story | Japan | The Guardian

A ramp-up in vaccinations among factors helping push Covid infections to lowest levels in more than a year, but experts warn winter could spark a fresh wave

Japan's Covid-19 state of emergency was fully lifted on 1 October Photograph: AFLO/REX/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Japan's Covid-19 state of emergency was fully lifted on 1 October Photograph: AFLO/REX/Shutterstock Japan This article is more than 4 years old Back from the brink: how Japan became a surprise Covid success story This article is more than 4 years old Covid infections fall to lowest levels in more than a year, but experts warn winter could spark a fresh wave See all our coronavirus coverage Justin McCurry in Tokyo Wed 13 Oct 2021 01.36 EDT Last modified on Wed 13 Oct 2021

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