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Five Years after the COVID 19 Pandemic in Colombia

Two men are seen chating at a public bench in downtown Bogota, Colombia during the first day of a preventive quarantine imposed by Bogota's mayor Claudia Lopez on march 20, 2020. This collection of images showcases the daily life in the streets of Bogota, Colombia during the first months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in what many called new normality, COVID-19 lockdowns started in Colombia on march 20, 2020 as mayor Claudia Lopez enforced a preventive quarantine that was later followed by a nation wide lockdown to prevent the spread of cases. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Peru strengthens vaccine administration following new COVID-19 variant

STORY: Peru strengthens vaccine administration following new COVID-19 variant DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:36 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ministry of Health conference announcing the new variant in Peru 2. various of the vaccination 3. various of Peruvians in downtown Lima 4. various of vaccine 5. various of the vaccination STORYLINE: Peruvian Health Minister Cesar Vasquez announced on Friday that in the coming days they will reinforce the administration of the bivalent vaccine against the coronavirus variant EG.5 after confirming the first two cases in the country. He emphasized that the bivalent vaccine "provides the best protection against these new variants" and mentioned that the country has a "sufficient quantity of these vaccines" to protect the entire population, especially vulnerable groups and those who have not yet been vaccinated against the new coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Health, these EG.5 variant cases involve a 57-year-old male and a

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Egypt confirms first cases of new coronavirus variant EG.5

STORY: Egypt confirms first cases of new coronavirus variant EG.5 DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egypt's Health Ministry headquarters in Cairo 2. various of hospitals in Egypt STORYLINE: Egypt reported Tuesday the country's first two cases of new coronavirus variant EG.5. Both cases show slight symptoms, the Ministry of Health said in a statement, recommending a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution. Test results from a monitoring system enrolled by 450 hospitals across Egypt for respiratory diseases confirmed the two cases, said the ministry. EG.5 is a sublineage of the omicron variant, and its first case was reported in February. On Aug. 9, the World Health Organization classified EG.5 as a "variant of interest." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Flow of undocumented migrants up 54 pct in Mexico

STORY: Flow of undocumented migrants up 54 pct in Mexico DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:09 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of undocumented migrants STORYLINE: The flow of undocumented migrants in Mexico jumped 54.6 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2023, the Mexican Interior Ministry said Sunday. The ministry's 2023 Monthly Bulletin of Immigration Statistics showed Mexico registered 70,526 cases of undocumented migrants, with 66.6 percent being men, from January to February on their way through the country to the United States. The state receiving the largest proportion of the migrants is southeast Mexico's Chiapas with 41.3 percent, followed by Tabasco in the southeast with 9.3 percent and Coahuila in the north with 8.8 percent. A total of 7.4 million people entered Mexico from abroad, including 6.1 million foreigners, marking a 37.5 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022. Over the two months, the country issued 12,398 permanen

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Ghana confirms 14 Lassa fever cases, including one death

STORY: Ghana confirms 14 Lassa fever cases, including one death DATELINE: March 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street scenes in Ghana 2. various of medical workers STORYLINE: Ghana confirmed 12 new cases of Lassa fever after Sunday, bringing the total number of infections to 14, said a release issued by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Wednesday. The GHS said the 12 new cases were close contacts of the two cases confirmed earlier and identified through contact tracing. Ghana first reported two confirmed cases of Lassa fever Sunday, indicating that one of the infected persons had died of the disease, leaving the number of confirmed active cases at 13. "All 13 cases are alive and in stable condition and are being managed in designated health facilities. A total of 97 contacts have been identified, and efforts are underway to identify more contacts," the release added. Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, transmitted to humans through conta

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Afghanistan launches polio vaccination drive in 16 provinces

STORY: Afghanistan launches polio vaccination drive in 16 provinces DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the campaign to administer the polio vaccine in Kabul STORYLINE: Afghanistan launched the first campaign this year to administer the polio vaccine to more than 5.3 million children under five in 16 out of the country's 34 provinces, the country's Public Health Ministry said in a statement Monday. Thousands of health workers will carry out the four-day campaign from Monday to Thursday in 16 provinces, including the capital Kabul, the statement said. Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has been trying to bring to zero the crippling disease among children in the country. According to the statement, in 2022, only two polio cases in the two eastern provinces of Paktika and Kunar were reported, while two polio cases have been registered in the neighboring Nangarhar so far this year, showing a significant reduction compared to 56 cases in 2020.

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Special COVID restrictions for travelers from China unjustified: Polish minister

STORY: Special COVID restrictions for travelers from China unjustified: Polish minister DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski walking in 2. SOUNDBITE (Polish): ADAM NIEDZIELSKI, Polish Minister of Health 3. Minister Adam Niedzielski walking away 4. various pictures of the hospital ward in Legnica STORYLINE: Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Thursday that Poland will not impose special COVID-19 restrictions on people coming from China. He said that introducing such measures "does not seem justified." SOUNDBITE (Polish): ADAM NIEDZIELSKI, Poland's Health Minister "First of all, when we look at the number of COVID-19 cases, we have been dealing with decreases for the last two weeks. Second, and this is actually decisive, neither the WHO (World Health Organization) nor any institution responsible for health at an international level has identified that we are dealing with some new mutation of the virus in China.

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Imperial Palace staff carry sacred items to Ise Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Palace staff members carry a sword and a jewel in separate cases aboard a shinkansen bullet train at Tokyo Station on March 25, 2014. They are accompanying Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on a visit to Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture where the sword and jewel -- two of the imperial family's three sacred treasures -- will be moved from the palace in Tokyo for the first time in 20 years.

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Japan's tally of new-flu infections reaches 292

TOKYO, Japan - Students on a school excursion wear masks as they go sightseeing at Sensoji Temple, a tourist attraction in downtown Tokyo, on May 21, a day after two 16-year-old girls in Tokyo and its vicinity became the first new-flu cases outside of western Japan.

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Japan's tally of new-flu infections reaches 292

TOKYO, Japan - Students on a school excursion wear masks as they go sightseeing at Sensoji Temple, a tourist attraction in downtown Tokyo, on May 21, a day after two 16-year-old girls in Tokyo and its vicinity became the first new-flu cases outside of western Japan.

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New flu hits Tokyo, infections total 281 in Japan

KAWASAKI, Japan - A woman takes a photo of a figure of a pig wearing a face mask in Kobe's Chinatown area on May 21, a day after the first two cases of the new strain of influenza were confirmed in Tokyo and nearby areas.

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Hasuikes get computer lessons at home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko (R) receive computer lessons from an unidentified Kasiwagaki city official at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The Hasuikes are two of the five Japanese who returned from North Korea on Oct. 15 for the first time since they were abducted to the country in three separate cases in 1978. (Pool photo)

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6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

MITO, Japan - Kenzo Koshijima (R), the former head of JCO Co.'s uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, enters the Mito District Court in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 23. Koshijima and five other JCO employees pleaded guilty to charges of negligence resulting in death in Japan's worst nuclear accident in 1999 during the first hearing of their cases. Two of the workers -- Hisashi Ouchi, 35, and Masato Shinohara, 40 -- died from radiation sickness in December 1999 and April last year, respectively.

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China donates new batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe

STORY: China donates new batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, First Lady of Zimbabwe STORYLINE: China on Friday donated a new batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe to aid its fight against the pandemic. SOUNDBITE (English): AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, First Lady of Zimbabwe "We humbly appreciate this noble gesture by our comprehensive strategic partner. The donation symbolizes the close cordial relations between the two countries and vividly reflects the strong bonds of solidarity that exist between our two nations. This donation today is ample proof that the government of the People's Republic of China remains committed to assisting the country to achieve herd immunity thereby reducing the severity of COVID-19 cases and its associated adverse impacts." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harare. (XHTV)

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China's anti-pandemic policy in the eyes of Russian expat

STORY: China's anti-pandemic policy in the eyes of Russian expat DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Galieva Olga's community 2. various of nucleic acid test 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GALIEVA OLGA, Russian volunteer in Harbin STORYLINE: Galieva Olga, a 34-year-old Russian expat, is living in Harbin, north China's Heilongjiang Province with her husband and two children. Once a medical worker, she felt obliged to help fight COVID-19 in her community and volunteered to work on the nucleic acid test team in 2020. To her, China's anti-pandemic policy, which puts people first, has been optimized to minimize the impact on people's life. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GALIEVA OLGA, Russian volunteer in Harbin "I have been in China for 12 years. When there were confirmed COVID-19 cases in Harbin in 2020, my community was looking for volunteers. So I asked my husband if I could apply for it. Because I'm a foreigner, I was not sure if I could be a v

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Bolivia accumulates 55 monkeypox cases

STORY: Bolivia accumulates 55 monkeypox cases DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:58 LOCATION: La Paz CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. street and aerial views of La Paz, the capital of Bolivia STORYLINE: Bolivia accumulated 55 monkeypox cases in less than a month after the first infection was recorded, with an average of two cases per day, the Ministry of Health and Sports announced Friday. Three new cases were registered in the department of Santa Cruz, bringing the overall figure in that region to 47, with one recovery. The department with the second most cases was Cochabamba with five, followed by La Paz with three, and Potosi with one. Evelin Fortun, Executive General Director of the National Institute of Health Laboratories, told Xinhua that the first female case of monkeypox was confirmed on Wednesday in an 11-year-old patient. She said Cochabamba's department of health service reported that the patient showed symptoms of the disease and was in stable condition, while contact tracing was

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Monkeypox scare grips India after 8 cases, 1 death

STORY: Monkeypox scare grips India after 8 cases, 1 death DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views 2. various of people walking on the streets 3. various of street views STORYLINE: After eight monkeypox cases, including one death, over the past two-and-a-half weeks, the viral disease scare seems to have gripped India as the federal government is planning to develop a vaccine. The southern state of Kerala has been the most affected after five cases have been reported there, while the rest three were detected in Delhi. Currently, 20 high-risk contacts are said to be under observation in Kerala, including three health workers, a doctor, and two nursing staff from a private hospital. The country's first case, reported in Kerala on July 14, fully recovered last weekend, and was subsequently discharged from the hospital. India's latest two positive cases, one each in Kerala and Delhi, were reported on Tuesday. The Kerala patient arrive

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Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease

STORY: Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of crowds in markets 2. various of people getting vaccinations 3. various of crowds in markets STORYLINE: Ghana has confirmed the country's first two cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said in a statement late Sunday. The confirmation came after samples from suspected infected individuals that had been sent to the Institute Pasteur in Dakar (IPD) tested positive for MVD. The GHS first announced the suspected infections on July 7, after identifying two persons who had met the case definition of acute hemorrhagic fever in Ghana's Ashanti Region. The samples from the individuals tested positive for MVD at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. With assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO), the samples were forwarded to the IPD for further confirmation. "So far, 98 contacts have been identifi

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Daily COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000-mark once again in India

STORY: Daily COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000-mark once again in India DATELINE: June 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views of New Delhi STORYLINE: The number of new COVID-19 cases per day in India continues to increase at a fast pace with 12,213 new cases recorded during the past 24 hours, showed data released by the federal health ministry on Thursday. This was the first time in the past couple of months that the number of new cases per day crossed the 10,000-mark. According to official figures released by the federal health ministry, the rate of increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases over the past two days has been around 35 percent. The number of new cases registered per day has almost doubled over the past two days. So far, India's COVID-19 tally has stood at 43,257,730. The daily positivity rate is 2.35 percent, while the weekly positivity rate has been 2.38 percent, revealed the federal health ministry. Besides, 11 peo

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World Health Assembly to focus on COVID-19, health and peace

STORY: World Health Assembly to focus on COVID-19, health and peace DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of WHO headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE (English): TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, WHO Director-General STORYLINE: The 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday to focus on major issues including response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the global health for peace initiative. COVID-19 remains one of the top priorities of this year's WHA, which has been the first of its kind held in Geneva and attended by delegates in person since the outbreak of the pandemic more than two years ago. Although WHO data show that reported COVID-19 cases have declined significantly from the peak of the Omicron wave in January of this year and deaths are at the lowest since March 2020, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in his address to the opening of the WHA that the pandemic is

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members scan citizen's codes for registration procedure of nucleic acid test at a testing site in Nankai District in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2022 shows a testing site for nucleic acid test in Nankai District of north China's Tianjin. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer (R) gives citizens tips on nucleic acid test at a testing site in Nankai District, north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a swab sample from a child, accompanied by a parent, for nucleic acid test at a testing site of Binhai New Area in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member gestures for citizens to line up at a designated passageway for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Nankai District in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Citizens line up for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Binhai New Area in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Binhai New Area in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Community worker Xu Hongwei (1st, R) addresses concerns of citizens at a residential area in Xiqing District in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member helps a citizen go through registration procedure for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Binhai New Area in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Citizens line up for registration before nucleic acid test at a testing site of a residential area in Xiqing District in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A parent holds a child for nucleic acid test at a testing site of a residential area in Xiqing District in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TESTING (CN)

(220109) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Binhai New Area in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday. The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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Japan's tally of new-flu infections reaches 292

TOKYO, Japan - Students on a school excursion wear masks as they go sightseeing at Sensoji Temple, a tourist attraction in downtown Tokyo, on May 21, a day after two 16-year-old girls in Tokyo and its vicinity became the first new-flu cases outside of western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japan's tally of new-flu infections reaches 292

TOKYO, Japan - Students on a school excursion wear masks as they go sightseeing at Sensoji Temple, a tourist attraction in downtown Tokyo, on May 21, a day after two 16-year-old girls in Tokyo and its vicinity became the first new-flu cases outside of western Japan. (Kyodo)

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New flu hits Tokyo, infections total 281 in Japan

KAWASAKI, Japan - A woman takes a photo of a figure of a pig wearing a face mask in Kobe's Chinatown area on May 21, a day after the first two cases of the new strain of influenza were confirmed in Tokyo and nearby areas. (Kyodo)

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6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

MITO, Japan - Kenzo Koshijima (R), the former head of JCO Co.'s uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, enters the Mito District Court in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 23. Koshijima and five other JCO employees pleaded guilty to charges of negligence resulting in death in Japan's worst nuclear accident in 1999 during the first hearing of their cases. Two of the workers -- Hisashi Ouchi, 35, and Masato Shinohara, 40 -- died from radiation sickness in December 1999 and April last year, respectively.

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woman, children, face masks, coronavirus, COVID-19

A woman with two children, wearing the face masks against the spread of the COVID-19, walks through Brno, Czech Republic, March 16, 2021. Since the beginning of last March when the first COVID cases occurred in the Czech Republic, over 1.41 million people have been infected, out of whom 1.21 million have recovered. There are over 78,000 currently infected with COVID-19. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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face masks, coronavirus, COVID-19, Prague

Two women wearing face masks are heading towards a tram stop in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic, September 17, 2020. The number of new confirmed coronavirus infections have hit a record in the Czech Republic, surpassing 2,000 cases in one day for the first time. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Adam Vojtech

The Czech Republic has the first three confirmed cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO), left, told journalists on March 1, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Two people tested positively in the Prague Na Bulovce hospital and one in the Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, north Bohemia. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Pavel Brezovsky, Adam Vojtech, Hana Rohacova, Eva Gottvaldova

The Czech Republic has the first three confirmed cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO), 3rd from left, told journalists on March 1, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Two people tested positively in the Prague Na Bulovce hospital and one in the Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, north Bohemia. On the photo are seen L-R National Health Institute (SZU) director Pavel Brezovsky, the chief surgeon of the infectious diseases clinic Hana Rohacova, minister Vojtech and Czech Chief Sanitary Officer Eva Gottvaldova. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Pavel Brezovsky, Adam Vojtech, Hana Rohacova, Eva Gottvaldova

The Czech Republic has the first three confirmed cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO), 2nd from left, told journalists on March 1, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Two people tested positively in the Prague Na Bulovce hospital and one in the Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, north Bohemia. On the photo are seen L-R the chief surgeon of the infectious diseases clinic Hana Rohacova, minister Vojtech, Czech Chief Sanitary Officer Eva Gottvaldova and National Health Institute (SZU) director Pavel Brezovsky. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Eva Gottvaldova, Adam Vojtech

The Czech Republic has the first three confirmed cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO), right, told journalists on March 1, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Two people tested positively in the Prague Na Bulovce hospital and one in the Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, north Bohemia. On the left side is seen Czech Chief Sanitary Officer Eva Gottvaldova. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Adam Vojtech

The Czech Republic has the first three confirmed cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO), left, told journalists on March 1, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Two people tested positively in the Prague Na Bulovce hospital and one in the Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, north Bohemia. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Adam Vojtech

The Czech Republic has the first three confirmed cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO), pictured, told journalists on March 1, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Two people tested positively in the Prague Na Bulovce hospital and one in the Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, north Bohemia. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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New coronavirus

Photo taken on July 29, 2020, shows a commercial street in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Iwate, which had been the last prefecture to report no coronavirus infections, confirmed its first two cases earlier in the day.

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New coronavirus

Photo taken on July 29, 2020, shows a commercial street in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Iwate, which had been the last prefecture to report no coronavirus infections, confirmed its first two cases earlier in the day.

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New coronavirus

Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (L) meets the press in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture on July 29, 2020. Iwate, which had been the last prefecture to report no coronavirus infections, confirmed its first two cases earlier in the day.

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New coronavirus

Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso meets the press in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture on July 29, 2020. Iwate, which had been the last prefecture to report no coronavirus infections, confirmed its first two cases earlier in the day.

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Hasuikes get computer lessons at home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko (R) receive computer lessons from an unidentified Kasiwagaki city official at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The Hasuikes are two of the five Japanese who returned from North Korea on Oct. 15 for the first time since they were abducted to the country in three separate cases in 1978. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)