THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 26, 2021 at 18:46 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike inspects an oxygen station in Tokyo’s Kita Ward on Dec. 25 that will also provide “antibody cocktail” treatment and dialysis to anyone with the novel coronavirus. (Reina Kitamura)
A fifth makeshift oxygen station, along with nearly 200 free testing centers, is being set up by the Tokyo metropolitan government to combat the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus as a precaution against a full-fledged outbreak in the capital. [Read More]
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