Amid the seventh wave of COVID-19 infections in Japan, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will introduce Wednesday a system in which people with COVID-19 symptoms can self-test at home and register their results online if they test positive.
The system is aimed at easing the burden on medical institutions at a time when COVID-19 infections are spreading faster than ever before in the capital.
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