Everyone is preoccupied with COVID-19. Fortunately, in Miyazaki where Nobutaka and Yuriko live, there are only three cases. There are more patients in the larger metropolitan areas such as Tokyo and Osaka. Nari says that patients with coronavirus are advised to stay home and rest. He heard on the news that there are only 50 ECMO machines available in all of Japan. I had never heard of such a machine but when I looked it up, I discovered it is a machine similar to a ventilator used for patients with heart and respiratory problems.
Nari is between jobs and it seems like no one is hiring. Although he has paid off his mortgage, he has to pay his son’s tuition at a private university and it worries him. We hope to speak of better things next week.