Tokyo, the hardest hit by the virus among the country's 47 prefectures, has seen the total number of cases top 5,000, while the nationwide count has risen to around 17,000 cases.
Japan's Health Minister Kato Katsunobu said on Friday that around 10,000 people across the country would be tested for coronavirus antibodies from next month so that health officials would be able to gain a better understanding of how much of Japan's population has been infected by the coronavirus.
The tests will also help to determine the level or possibility of Japan's "herd immunity", which is achieved when a large percentage of the population develops antibodies and potential immunity to a virus.
Abe on Friday, underscoring the health ministry's plans, pledged that antibody testing would be stepped up, as well as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
He also warned that if there are further spikes in infections, then a state of emergency could be declared again.
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