Mixed feelings of people worried about being infected and seriously ill while also praising shortened quarantine measures are seen in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun poll. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be pressed to make some difficult choices.
According to the nationwide poll conducted over the phone from Friday through Sunday, 49% of respondents say they feel somewhat worried and 17% say they are very worried. This total of 66% comes even as many people infected with the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus have shown either minor or no symptoms.
The government's decision to shorten to seven days the time people in close contact with an infected person are required to quarantine is praised by 73% of respondents, against 18% who do not feel that way.
