Open AccessWhy does Japan have so few cases of COVID‐19?
Author(s) -
Iwasaki Akiko,
Grubaugh Nathan D
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
embo molecular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.923
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1757-4684
pISSN - 1757-4676
DOI - 10.15252/emmm.202012481
Subject(s) - haven , covid-19 , medical school , public health , epidemiology , library science , medicine , gerontology , classics , medical education , history , computer science , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , mathematics , outbreak , combinatorics
The COVID ‐19 pandemic has spread to many countries around the world, but the infection and death rates vary widely. One country that appeared to have kept the infection under control despite limited societal restrictions is Japan. This commentary explores why Japan may have, up to now, been spared an escalation of the SARS ‐CoV‐2 infections.