CoDRRAAn article from Japan’s 2020 state of emergency discusses how people could maintain relationships while seeing fewer people in person.
During Japan's first COVID-19 state of emergency in 2020, this article discussed the call to reduce face-to-face contact by 80 percent. It asked readers to think about how many people they had met outside their household and which meetings could be replaced or postponed.
The article also recognised the value of relationships at a time when many people felt unsettled. Phone calls and video calls offered ways to talk with people even when visiting them was difficult.
This is an account of advice given during the 2020 emergency. Its discussion of the 80 percent target belongs to that period.