THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 5, 2021 at 15:41 JST
Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister in charge of handling the novel coronavirus pandemic, speaks at a meeting of experts on Aug. 5. (Hiroki Endo)
The government is expanding coverage of pre-emergency measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic to eight more prefectures as records for the number of daily infections are being shattered around the nation. [Read More]
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