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Japan enforces tougher measures against Covid from today amid surge in cas
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Japan enforced tougher measures against the coronavirus in six prefectures from Sunday amid a surge in infections ahead of the Summer Olympics, imposing an expanded state of emergency in three of them and a quasi-emergency in three others.
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Japan to extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage
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Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response said Friday.
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Japan declares 3rd state of emergency in four prefectures over COVID-19
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Tokyo [Japan], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A nearly three-week state of emergency, the third one since the outbreak of the pandemic, enters into force in Japan's prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Japanese panel of experts approve plan to declare emergency due to surge i
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): The Japanese panel of experts on Friday approved a plan to bring Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures under state of emergency due to rise in COVID-19 infections.
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Japan COVID-19 patient receives world's first living donor lung transplant
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 10 (ANI): A Japanese woman whose lungs suffered severe damage from COVID-19 became the world's first-ever recipient of a lung transplant from living donors this week.
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Japan to allow people to choose COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics to proceed without overseas spectators, confir
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 20 (ANI): Overseas spectators will not be allowed in this year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, confirmed the Organising Committee on Saturday.
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Japan reports first anaphylactic reaction from coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 7 (ANI): The first case of anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction, from a coronavirus vaccination has been reported in Japan, reported Japan Times citing the health ministry as saying.
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Japan to vaccinate 40,000 healthcare workers in first phase of COVID-19 va
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 18 (ANI): Japan will vaccinate 40,000 healthcare workers in the first phase of the COVID-19 inoculation drive, reported NHK World.
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Nationwide coronavirus vaccination begins in Japan, says health ministry
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Japan [Tokyo], February 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Nationwide vaccination against coronavirus infection has begun in Japan, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
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Japan forgoes lifting coronavirus emergency this week
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Tokyo [Japan], February 12 (ANI): The Japanese government decided on Friday against lifting the coronavirus state of emergency this week ahead of the March 7 end date.
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Japan registers 11 cases of UK coronavirus variant
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Tokyo [Japan], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said it has detected the UK coronavirus variant in 11 more people, including six children under the age of 10, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Friday.
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