THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2021 at 17:40 JST
Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu holds an emergency news conference on Jan. 19 following reports of local residents becoming Japan’s first likely cases of community transmission of the novel coronavirus variant found in Britain. (Junichi Miyagawa)
The health ministry announced on Jan. 19 it will examine all samples taken from novel coronavirus patients in Shizuoka Prefecture, where three residents were Japan’s first likely cases of community transmission of the variant that emerged in Britain. [Read More]
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