News Hospitals refusing patients to be penalised

The government will also set penalties for people entering Japan with suspected infections who fail to report their health conditions when in isolation and establish an agency to act as a command center for responding to infectious diseases in fiscal 2023, it said. [...] The prime minister instructed attending ministers to prepare necessary legislation. The government aims to submit bills on amending the infectious diseases law to reflect the new policies on securing hospital beds and border control measures during an extraordinary parliamentary session expected to be called this fall. The bill for creating an agency on infectious diseases crisis management will be submitted to parliament during its regular session next year, the government said. Medical institutions to be subject to the new rules include those that provide advanced treatments as well as those that support local clinics.

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thomas said:

The government also decided to set up an agency to act as a command centre for infectious diseases, modelled on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2025 or later.

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