Covid-19: Anger over Japan govt grows as people die at home

There is also a wave of growing anger among citizens over the way the Covid crisis has been handled by the Japanese government. The vaccination drive, too, has failed to pick up pace.

An alarming number of people in Japan are losing their life to Covid as more infectious variants of the disease trigger a fourth wave of infections in the country and hospital resources are stretched to capacity. With the rising cases, there lies a cloud of uncertainty over the viability of holding the Olympic Games, which is scheduled to begin from July 23. There is also a wave of growing anger among citizens over the way the Covid crisis has been handled by the Japanese government. The vaccination drive, too, has failed to pick up pace.