Tokyo, 12 prefectures to be put under COVID quasi-emergency

Tokyo, 12 prefectures to be put under COVID quasi-emergency

Japan's top COVID-19 adviser Shigeru Omi meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2022, after attending a meeting of the government advisory panel on anti-coronavirus measures. The panel endorsed the government's plan to place Tokyo and 12 prefectures under a coronavirus quasi-state of emergency amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

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