In Japan, vending machines help ease access to Covid-19 tests
KiniTV
2021-03-09
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In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for Covid-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the humble vending machine.
Eager to conserve manpower and hospital resources, the government conducts just 40,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a day, a quarter of its capacity, restricting them to people who are quite symptomatic or have had a high chance of being infected.
That's led to the public to rely heavily on private clinics or buying PCR tests by other means.
Eager to conserve manpower and hospital resources, the government conducts just 40,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a day, a quarter of its capacity, restricting them to people who are quite symptomatic or have had a high chance of being infected.
That's led to the public to rely heavily on private clinics or buying PCR tests by other means.
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