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Auteur : Ayumu Iwasaki, Staff Writer de The Mainichi, Science &#38; Environment News Department.Production : The MainichiDiffusion : site anglais de Mainichi shimbun, The Mainichi, Japan’s national daily since 1922Date : 17 août 2020TOKYO -- As the recent ratio of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms has dropped compared to the first wave of infections between March and May, some media and internet users have suggested that the virus is weakening. But experts in Japan say that there is scant evidence of this, and are warning people not to let their guard down.Source : Ayumu Iwasaki, « Experts in Japan warn against views of virus having weakened amid pandemic », The Mainichi, 17/08/2020. URL : https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200817/p2a/00m/0na/011000c (consulté le 18/08/2020)Version japonaise : « コロナ「ウイルス変異で弱毒化」の楽観論は本当か　専門家が強調すること », デジタル毎日, 16/08/2020. URL : https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200816/k00/00m/040/118000c (consulté le 18/08/2020)