Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

A shopping arcade in Gifu is deserted on Feb. 2, 2021, as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of a surge in serious patients at manpower-strapped hospitals.

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