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This appears to be a specific term used in healthcare, with the definition as mentioned (by one expert) in the article
COVID-19 Coronavirus: situation in Japan
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- 14 Mar 2002
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My "summer cold" turned out to be Covid-19. We were PCR-tested today: I've had it, and now my wife has it. And many other people, so it seems:
www.japantimes.co.jp
Fortunately, our symptoms have been mild, not at least due to the four Covid-19 shots we had.
Rise in new COVID-19 cases in Japan shows little sign of abating
Experts predict the trend will continue amid high heat, declining population-level immunity and the start of the holiday season.
Fortunately, our symptoms have been mild, not at least due to the four Covid-19 shots we had.
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- 21 May 2003
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Now I feel I should have said something. Way back at the beginning of covid , my high school buddy commented that he thought he had a bad cold. Just 2 weeks latter he died(not to jinx you). He had not had any shots or protection back then. That scared the crap out of me and I only left my house once a month to go to the ATM machine for my Social Security. When you mentioned your bad cold , it bought that memory back. Hope you recover quickly.
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Please have a healthy recovery.
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I started working last Wednesday and have been on the bicycle twice since then, but things are definitely slower than usual. My wife has been more severely affected, with her fever going unabated for over four days. I wish I could have avoided taking crowded trains.
Infection numbers have been increasing in the past nine weeks, and Japan's Dr Fauci, Omi-sensei, has warned of a ninth wave. I wonder what's the situation elsewhere. Are rising infections just ignored?
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Infection numbers have been increasing in the past nine weeks, and Japan's Dr Fauci, Omi-sensei, has warned of a ninth wave. I wonder what's the situation elsewhere. Are rising infections just ignored?
Japan sees COVID patients rising for 9th straight week
The average number of COVID-19 patients among designated hospitals across Japan has been rising for nine consecutive weeks since the coronavirus was downgraded to the same category as seasonal influenza in May, health ministry data showed Friday.
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I've been riding the train without no mask I had to go to two hospitals and of course I wore the mask within the last 10 days actually and on this island of shikoku very few people were wearing mask although the elderly people they were wearing masks I'm done I have to go to the general hospital in Kochi which is the biggest hospital in Kochi and it was completely filled with people I don't know the problems whether it's covid or not but I was able to go in and get treatment and leave very quickly for some odd reason especially when there's like 200 people in the waiting room ahead of me and it was just I'm lost for words but I myself of course I'm worried about getting ill and on my travels because it can really knock me out but I don't let it stop me and I don't know how it works this virus three nights ago two nights ago two nights ago I said I'm going to celebrate my finish of 22 days of writing and this island so I went to a bar next to the hotel that I was actually sleeping at that night and it was jam-packed everybody's laughing talking and everything and I was drinking and having a good time and people didn't seem worried at all and Thomas I hope your wife gets gets fine very quickly please I really mean it and for you please recover also the colvin if you read the Lancent journals, it has a lot of information about the covid virus for the last 4 years. I might have spelled it wrong but it's this people in this form will know it especially if they're in the medical community.I started working last Wednesday and have been on the bicycle twice since then, but things are definitely slower than usual. My wife has been more severely affected, with her fever going unabated for over four days. I wish I could have avoided taking crowded trains.
Infection numbers have been increasing in the past nine weeks, and Japan's Dr Fauci, Omi-sensei, has warned of a ninth wave. I wonder what's the situation elsewhere. Are rising infections just ignored?
Japan sees COVID patients rising for 9th straight week
The average number of COVID-19 patients among designated hospitals across Japan has been rising for nine consecutive weeks since the coronavirus was downgraded to the same category as seasonal influenza in May, health ministry data showed Friday.
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Covid is definitely still a thing and I know people who have caught it over the past couple months. But in general people are just treating it as nothing special. I don't know what the official numbers are here in terms of rising or falling but taking a look just now in my community it seem it's falling or very low. I suspect there is a lot less testing and reporting now though.
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In case anyone still cares: the new coronavirus variant EG.5 gains momentum in Japan.
www.japantimes.co.jp
www.rnz.co.nz
New coronavirus variant EG.5 gains momentum in Japan
The prevalence of EG.5, called Eris by health experts, nearly doubled in July to account for 22% of cases in Tokyo.
What we know about the Covid variant EG.5 dubbed 'Eris'
The World Health Organization has declared a new sub-variant of Covid called EG.5 - unofficially named "Eris" - a variant of interest and is asking countries to monitor it as cases grow globally.
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In case anyone still cares: the new coronavirus variant EG.5 gains momentum in Japan.
New coronavirus variant EG.5 gains momentum in Japan
The prevalence of EG.5, called Eris by health experts, nearly doubled in July to account for 22% of cases in Tokyo.
What we know about the Covid variant EG.5 dubbed 'Eris'
The World Health Organization has declared a new sub-variant of Covid called EG.5 - unofficially named "Eris" - a variant of interest and is asking countries to monitor it as cases grow globally.
Mrs Lothor currently has it, and so may I, though I feel ok at the moment.
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I hope she'll feel better soon! It took us almost three weeks to fully recover.
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It made the news last night here in the States as well. Kids just starting to go back to school now, so I'm sure the number of cases will continue to rise. Like JohnnyG, I'm not nervous about it - just paying attention to what's going on. Me and Mrs. Majestic got covid a few months ago, but we were both back on our feet after about 48 hours of basic flu-like symptoms. On the news last night they said the doctors weren't even prescribing Paxlovid anymore, unless you are a high-risk person. They are treating covid just like the flu now. I guess this is good news.
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A highly mutated COVID-19 variant called BA.2.86 that had been detected in Switzerland, South Africa, Israel, Denmark, the U.S. and the U.K., is also spreading in Japan.
www.japantimes.co.jp
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New COVID variant BA.2.86 detected in Japan amid wave of infections
While there’s no evidence so far that it causes more severe illness, experts say it may be more capable of infecting people who have been infected before.
What is Pirola – the new BA.2.86 coronavirus variant?
US health agency recommends keeping up to date with COVID vaccines and booster shots annually along with flu jabs.
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A new variant of the novel coronavirus called EG.5 is spreading in Japan, with experts expecting it to be the dominant strain in the country by mid-September. EG.5, also named Eris after a goddess in Greek mythology, was first reported in February and designated as a "variant of interest" by the WHO in August.
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Prince Hisahito is infected with new model coronavirus.
According to Imperial Household Agency.
Because Prince Hisahito come home on 13th by the high school had a fever in a few minutes, I underwent an examination of new coronavirus and influenza, and all were negative.
It means that after inspecting it again because I did not defervesce on the morning of 14th, positive of the new coronavirus was confirmed. It means that it is undergone medical treatment at a shrine residence until this month 18.
The press conference for the visit from next week to Vietnam was going to be performed, but the Imperial Household Agency received infection of Prince Hisahito, and Prince Akishino couple announced what I postponed for the time being from 10:00 a.m. for 14 days saying "I consider in order to perform it when it was appropriate".
In addition, it means that a couple does not have the symptoms such as the heat.
(September 14, 2023 broadcast)
According to Imperial Household Agency.
Because Prince Hisahito come home on 13th by the high school had a fever in a few minutes, I underwent an examination of new coronavirus and influenza, and all were negative.
It means that after inspecting it again because I did not defervesce on the morning of 14th, positive of the new coronavirus was confirmed. It means that it is undergone medical treatment at a shrine residence until this month 18.
The press conference for the visit from next week to Vietnam was going to be performed, but the Imperial Household Agency received infection of Prince Hisahito, and Prince Akishino couple announced what I postponed for the time being from 10:00 a.m. for 14 days saying "I consider in order to perform it when it was appropriate".
In addition, it means that a couple does not have the symptoms such as the heat.
(September 14, 2023 broadcast)
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I just recently was required to take the antigen covid test. The nurse there said the standard PCR is crap. The 15 minutes antigen test only cost 1500 yen for me. It was required by my neurologist for a CT scan for any tumors I might have. All turned out where there were no tumors present. I never get ill, but suddenly I started to get some weird head pains. Worried... yes. Now, not so much.
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Tomorrow, a fresh COVID-19 inoculation drive is set to begin across Japan. The vaccine, which will be available to everyone for free, targets XBB.1.5 — a spinoff of the XBB variant, itself a "recombinant" virus of two prior omicron strains. The free shots will be offered until March next year to prepare residents for an expected uptick in infections during the winter. However, the health ministry recommends the shot only to people aged 65 and older and those with underlying health conditions.
www.japantimes.co.jp
Japan to begin COVID vaccine drive targeting XBB subvariant
The free shots will be offered until March next year to prepare residents for an expected uptick in infections during the winter.
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There is growing concern over COVID-19 infections and the earlier-than-usual start to Japan's flu season, as prefectures and schools grapple with influenza outbreaks and numbers of infections grow weekly.
www.japantimes.co.jp
Japan's schools face double whammy of the flu and COVID-19
In the period between Sept. 11 and 17, the average national influenza case count rose to over 7.03 per medical institution from just 4.48 the week prior.
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Every hospital or clinic follows standard medical procedures. And in times of rampant influenza and the Coronavirus still present, and with the right symptoms, of course you'll be checked for both and asked to wear a mask on the premises.
There is really nothing paranoid about that.
Anyhow, get better soon!
There is really nothing paranoid about that.
Anyhow, get better soon!
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When you work in the medical field , you tend to think the worst and plan for it. Over here , the latest thing is RSV , which seems to be like a very bad case of the flu. Sounds like your symptoms match that enough , they will probably want to do a bunch of tests to make sure you get the right treatment and get well faster. I worked in the medical field for 17 years and got used to doctors and nurses thinking the worse case scenario . I'd been told I probably had cancer 3 times and tests showed negative each time. Made me a bit angry that they scared the crap out of me , LOL. Hopefully you will be on the mend soon , not feeling well sucks.
I don't feel not well. The cough is just annoying and my wife talks nonsense about it being my cold- yeah a cough that occurs mainly just before sleep and some days on other times. That doesn't fit a sickness at all. I don't want to forced to stand outside the doctors because their medicine is controlled by city hall.
