Trainee doctors in Tokyo test positive for COVID-19 after party

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One of Japan's most prestigious hospitals apologised for an 'unforgivable blunder' after 40 trainee doctors attended a drinking party and 18 ...

A woman wearing a face mask crosses a street in Tokyo’s Ginza area on Mar 30, 2020. TOKYO: One of Japan's most prestigious hospitals apologised for an"unforgivable blunder" after 40 trainee doctors attended a drinking party and 18 subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus.

"What happened was an unforgivable blunder on part of our trainee doctors," hospital director Yuko Kitagawa said in a statement.Despite calls from Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike for people to stay home on weekends and refrain from evening gatherings, life in the Japanese capital has continued largely as usual during the coronavirus outbreak.

 

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