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Expert warns of COVID-19 spike in Japan amid rapid rise in daily cases
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Daily covid tally could reach the Japanese government's earlier projection of 4,50,000 nationwide, according to Toho University Professor Tateda Kazuhiro, who is on the government's coronavirus advisory panel.
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Japan begins administering COVID-19 booster shots amid Omicron concerns
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan began on Wednesday to administer COVID-19 booster injections to people who finished the full two shots at least eight months ago amid increasing concerns over the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19, the government said.
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Japan expands COVID-19 emergency state to 3 more prefectures
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday announced an expansion of a state of emergency over COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures.
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COVID-19: Japan to dispatch 100 oxygen concentrators to India on Saturday
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI): Japan will send 100 oxygen concentrators to India on Saturday as a part of the first batch of emergency assistance from Tokyo in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections.
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Japan expands COVID-19 Emergency to 2 more prefectures, extending till May
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in the prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo until May 31 and introduced the measure in two more prefectures, national media reported on Friday.
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Japan to have enough vaccines to inoculate all people over 16 by late Sept
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan will have enough coronavirus vaccines to provide them to everyone older than 16 by the end of September, Administrative Affairs Minister Taro Kono said on Sunday, in the wake of successful talks between Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Pfizer CEO
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Japan to allow people to choose COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 28 (ANI/Sputnik): People in Japan will be given a choice of a coronavirus vaccine, a senior official in charge of the vaccination campaign, Fumiaki Kobayashi, said Sunday.
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Japan reports 1,065 new COVID-19 cases, 439,981 in total
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 1,065 to reach 439,981 as of Sunday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
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Japan reports 1,065 new COVID-19 cases, 439,981 in total
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 1,065 to reach 439,981 as of Sunday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
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AstraZeneca to produce coronavirus vaccine doses in Japan for 40 million p
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The AstraZeneca company is going to produce in Japan doses of the coronavirus vaccine enough for 40 million people, the executive director of the Japanese department of the firm said.
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Japan may extend COVID-19 emergency in 10 prefectures until March 7
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan is planning to extend the state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 prefectures, including Tokyo, until March 7, Japanese media reported on Monday, citing sources.
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Holding Tokyo Olympics without spectators one of the simulations, says Gam
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 30 (ANI): Tokyo Olympic organizing committee's President Yoshiro Mori said that holding this year's Olympic Games without spectators is one of the various scenarios due to the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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