THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 2, 2021 at 18:30 JST
Travelers are scarce at the ticket counter of Japan Airlines Co. at Osaka Airport on April 29, the first day of the Golden Week holidays. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
Osaka Prefecture reported 1,057 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 16 related deaths on May 2.
Prefectural officials said the counts brought the accumulative total of cases and deaths to 83,570 and 1,513, respectively.
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April 30, 2021
1st shipment of Moderna vaccine arrives at Kansai Airport
April 30, 2021
Large infection risk found in 30% of asymptomatic virus patients
April 29, 2021
65% of Japan’s 10,000 virus deaths occurred since January
April 27, 2021
Trains still full in Tokyo, Osaka, despite 3rd state of emergency
April 26, 2021
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