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Japan's health ministry will likely recommend that prefectural governments set criteria for hospitalizing coronavirus patients as part of efforts to ease the increasing burden on medical institutions.

As an example, the ministry referred to a system to be adopted by the Kanagawa prefectural government later this month. The prefecture had 13,125 confirmed cases as of Thursday, the third largest in the country following Tokyo and Osaka.

Officials in Tokyo are working on preventive measures to prepare for another possible surge of coronavirus infections. They've set up a team of experts amid a recent daily spike in confirmed cases.

Monday saw 48 new cases in the capital including 20 linked to a downtown nightclub district. It's the 2nd day in a row with more than 40 positive results.

Japan's health ministry has revised its criteria for people to be tested for the coronavirus, after experts criticized it for potentially discouraging people from seeking consultations.

Under the criteria announced in February, people are asked to contact local public health centers if they have certain symptoms, including a fever of 37.5 degrees Celsius or higher continuing for four days.

Japan's health ministry is revising its criteria for people to be tested for the coronavirus, after experts criticized it for potentially discouraging people from seeking consultations.

Under the criteria announced in February, people are asked to contact local public health centers if they have certain symptoms, including a fever of 37.5 degrees Celsius or higher continuing for four days.

The governor of Osaka, western Japan, says the prefecture has determined its own criteria for gradually lifting restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic in the wake of the central government's extension of the state of emergency.

The prefecture's taskforce met on Tuesday.

A government panel of experts in Japan says it is reviewing the criteria for people to be tested for the coronavirus.

The move comes amid complaints that the current criteria are too stringent.

Japan's health ministry on Monday announced criteria for medical consultations or treatment for people who may have contracted the coronavirus.

People, including children, with no specific health issues are advised to contact local consultation centers if they have had common cold symptoms or a temperature above 37.5 degrees Celsius for at least four days.