Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps)
26 May 2021 Stars and Stripes | By Joseph Ditzler
TOKYO Japan s latest coronavirus surge spurred U.S. military bases to impose further travel restrictions on Wednesday as the nation s two largest metro areas looked at extending their public health emergencies.
Case numbers continued to fall Wednesday in Tokyo and Osaka prefectures, though Japan overall recorded its highest one-day tally of 4,176 new infections, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The report said Tokyo and Osaka are considering requests to the national government that would allow both prefectures to extend emergency declarations that were imposed April 12 and extended May 7. Six of Japan s 47 prefectures were under a state of emergency in April. That number grew to 10 this month.
India surpasses 26 million Covid-19 cases
From CNN’s Swati Gupta in New Delhi
Medical staff transfer a Covid-19 patient to a hospital in New Delhi on May 18. Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
India reported 259,551 cases of Covid-19 Friday, bringing the country s total caseload past 26 million. The country has recorded roughly 1 million cases since Monday.
Friday s tally brings India s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 26,031,991, according to figures from the Indian health ministry.
India also reported 4,209 new virus-related deaths. The number of fatalities reported each day in the country have been consistently above 3,000 since April 28. India’s total coronavirus death toll stands at 291,331.
EU pledges to supply 1.3 billion vaccines to low and middle income countries
From CNN s Sebastian Shukla
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stands after reviewing the honor guard during the Global Health Summit in Rome on May 21. Gregorio Borgia/AP
The European Union has pledged to supply 1.3 billion vaccines to low and middle income countries, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Friday.
One billion will be from the two billion doses announced by BioNtech/Pfizer, 200 million from Johnson & Johnson and 100 million from Moderna, der Leyen said on Twitter.
An initiative to boost manufacturing capacities in Africa has also been launched, she announced.
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