False: A nurse who tested positive for the new coronavirus is at the source of a massive hospital-associated infection (HAI) outbreak
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CATEGORY Issues relating to the contagion
Fact-checks the issues related to the contagion of COVID-19 in Japan
False: “Tokyo’s hospitals overwhelmed with bed utilization at 91% on May 11” though the numbers actually ended being under 50%
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False: “A survey by LINE concludes Japan has 10 times more infected people than officially announced” spreading across China
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False: A Taiwanese newspaper reports “73 Japanese police officers contracted COVID-19 after handling infected corpses”
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Inaccurate: The US embassy in Japan warns “a collapse of the Japanese health care system is close at hand”
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