THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 19, 2020 at 17:26 JST
The Tokyo metropolitan government building is lit up on May 8 to pay tribute to health care workers dealing with the new coronavirus crisis. (Tsubasa Setoguchi)
Only five new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in Tokyo on May 19, marking two straight weeks the daily tally in the capital has been under 50, according to sources.
Tokyo remains one of eight prefectures where a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus outbreak remains in place.
The central government plans to convene a meeting of its panel of experts on May 21 to decide if the state of emergency should be lifted for Tokyo and the seven other prefectures.
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