Why are 60% of Japanese still going to work even though they are suspected of having COVID-19? Why are people still going to work when they are suspected of having COVID-19?

Why are 60% of Japanese still going to work even though they are suspected of having COVID-19? Why are people still going to work when they are suspected of having COVID-19? Survey: 60% of Japanese people still go to work despite suspected COVID-19 symptoms

According to Kyodo News, from February to May, 62% of Japanese people insisted on going to work after developing suspected symptoms of the new coronavirus, such as fever. Researchers at Tokyo Medical University came to this conclusion after conducting a questionnaire survey of 1,226 office workers in the Kanto region.

The Japanese government has asked people with COVID-19-like symptoms not to go to work, but the survey results suggest that this call has not been taken seriously enough. The survey results sparked heated discussions in Japan, with some netizens saying that "companies will not let people take vacations easily", while others believed that "Japanese people are just afraid of being called unprofessional by people around them."