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Caught off-guard by scant testing, Japan battered by COVID-19 winter
Seibu Hospital s medical staff take part in a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) simulation training at the hospital in Yokohama, Japan, Jun 18, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-hoon)
15 Jan 2021 12:57PM (Updated:
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TOKYO: Japan missed opportunities to coordinate coronavirus testing and secure hospital beds in the months before the pandemic s third wave, health officials, doctors and experts say, missteps that hampered its response as winter set in.
Japan has stood out for containing infections while avoiding the strict lockdowns that devastated economies elsewhere. The death toll, now at 4,315, is one of the lowest among developed nations and around 1 per cent of that of the United States.
TOKYO, Jan 13:- The Japanese government said on Wednesday it wants to expand a state of emergency it declared for the Tokyo area last week to seven mo.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan expanded a state of emergency in the Tokyo area to seven more prefectures on Wednesday amid a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as a survey by public broadcaster NHK showed most people want to cancel or postpone the already delayed Summer Olympics.
Visitors wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, ride an escalator at an exhibition centre in Tokyo, Japan, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The governors of Osaka, Kyoto and other hard-hit prefectures asked the government to announce the emergency, which gives local authorities the legal basis to curb movement and business.
[TOKYO] Japan expanded a state of emergency declared for the Tokyo area last week to seven more prefectures on Wednesday amid a steady rise in Covid-19 cases, while a survey by public broadcaster NHK showed most people want to cancel or delay the Summer Olympics. Read more at The Business Times.
Japan expanded a state of emergency in the Tokyo area to seven more prefectures on Wednesday amid a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as a survey by public broadcaster NHK showed most people want to cancel or postpone the already delayed Summer Olympics.