THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2021 at 17:40 JST
Health minister Norihisa Tamura speaks at a Jan. 19 news conference. (Ryuichi Hisanaga)
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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