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Coronavirus variant strains spread to 20 prefectures in Japan, sparking 4th wave fears
March 8, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This image provided by Japan s National Institute of Infectious Diseases shows a coronavirus variant first found in the U.K.
TOKYO Japan s government is striving to strengthen its monitoring measures and beef up border controls to forestall the spread of coronavirus variants now appearing worldwide, but disease experts are expressing further concerns that the mutations could spark a fourth wave of infections.
Variant infection cases had been confirmed in 20 of Japan s 47 prefectures as of March 5, and the city of Kobe announced that it has detected variants in 15% of local positive coronavirus test samples. In some regions, there have been variant infection clusters. ....

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