THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 8, 2021 at 15:30 JST
Takaji Wakita, center, the head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases who also chairs the health ministry advisory panel dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic, holds a news conference on July 7. (Kai Ichino)
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