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Japan declares COVID-19 state of emergency in Okinawa prefecture: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to add Okinawa, a popular tourist destination, to a list of prefectures where a state of emergency has been declared, NHK news agency reported.
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Japan's economy slumps as Covid-19 hits consumption
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 18 (ANI): Japan's economy contracted in the first quarter of this year as a resurgence in Covid-19 infections and second state of emergency undercut consumer spending, reports said on Tuesday.
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Over 80 pc of Japanese oppose hosting Tokyo Olympics: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 17 (ANI): A new survey has shown that more than 80 per cent of Japanese people oppose hosting the Olympics this year, for which about 10 weeks are left. The Tokyo Games were postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Japan enforces tougher measures against Covid from today amid surge in cas
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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 expands COVID-19 emergency state to 3 more prefectures
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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Florida governor declares state of emergency following Colonial Pipeline s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 12 (ANI//Sputnik): Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for the U.S. state after the Colonial Pipeline shutdown following a ransomware attack, local media reported.
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Major clashes erupt in Israel's Lod, Netanyahu declares state of emergency
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 12 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in Lod as intense rioting has erupted in the Arab-Jewish city amid escalating tensions between Israel and Palestine.
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Japan expands COVID-19 Emergency to 2 more prefectures, extending till May
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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 extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
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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Air ambulance makes emergency belly landing in Mumbai after malfunction, a
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] May 7 (ANI): A full state of emergency was declared for a non-scheduled flight at the Mumbai airport on Thursday after an air ambulance flying from Nagpur to Hyderabad suffered technical malfunction. The air ambulance was redirected to Mumbai, where it success
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Portugal extends travel restrictions with countries most affected by COVID
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Portuguese Government on Saturday extended travel restrictions to and from countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic until May 16.
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COVID-19: Portugal to end state of emergency on April 30
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has announced the end of the "state of emergency" on April 30, due to the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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