Amid a surge of infections with the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, there has been an increasing number of people forced to be away from work because they were in close contact with an infected person.
To maintain society's activities, it is necessary to change this approach to a reasonable one based on the characteristics of the variant.
For close contacts of people who have contracted omicron, the government has decided to shorten the 14-day period for which they are asked to quarantine at their home and other places to 10 days.
