Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as possible. The death toll continues to rise in japan. Over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. In the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. Translator basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. I think december and january are really crucial times. Japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. Over 2,300 people have died. Prime minister suga i sho
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This is world news now. Sad news to hear about the passing of alex trebek. Again, as i have been saying this morning, we are celebrating his life. We cant wait to open up that abc news vault for you. We begin with the new details about trebek as millions of jeopardy fans mourn his passing. His battle with pancreatic cancer ended sunday morning at his home in los angeles, but there will be new episodes with him until christmas. Megan has more about the man who was born in canada who became an american icon. He was the man with all the answers. The host of jeopardy alex trebek while contestants and viewers tried to come up with the questions. Nancy . Who is larry david . Right. Monica. What is gymnastics. Yes. What is okay boomer . Thank you. Thank you. For 37 seasons as host of jeopardy, trebek wanted to make a show about its stars, the contestants. I learned english because of you. My grandfather, who raised me, i used to sit on my grandfathers lap and watch you every day. This is a pr
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