Did Japan Beat COVID-19 with a Decentralized Response?
A Grassroots Movement of Local Actions Has Been Credited for Success.
Viewpoint by Dan Sanchez
The writer is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor of FEE.org. The article was originally published on FEE.org. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
ATLANTA, GA | U.S. (IDN) – Japan’s nationwide state of emergency was officially lifted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on May 25, who declared COVID-19 to be under control in the country. In his announcement of the move, Abe said, “Recently, new infection cases have fallen below 50 for the entire nation, and what was once nearly 10,000 hospitalized cases — that has now fallen below 2,000.”