New coronavirus expert meeting of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to be disbanded at the end of this month. Expert meeting analyzes the infection status of the new coronav virus and advises the country.

It has been held 124 times so far, and during the period when the infection was spreading, it was held almost every week. The members included public health and virology experts and infectious disease doctors, and was chaired by Takaji Wakita, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.