JAPAN PREPARES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID – 19 AT NATURAL DISASTER EVACUATION SHELTERS

Highlights

• The rainy and typhoon season is approaching in Japan.
• The disasters that force thousands of people into crowded evacuation centers will pose an additional risk of COVID-19 infections.

The rainy and typhoon seasons are approaching in Japan. Local leaders are acting to prevent such natural events from facilitating the spread of the novel corona virus at evacuation shelter....