Seven more Japanese prefectures to be under emergency

A health worker administers a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine in Israel. Pic/AFP

The Japanese government has planned to expand the Covid-19 state of emergency to seven more prefectures from Friday to September 12 and extend the duration in Tokyo and four other areas.

Under the state of emergency, establishments serving alcohol or offering karaoke are asked to suspend their businesses during the period, while those not serving liquor are requested to close at 8 pm, Xinhua news agency reported.

Quasi-emergency measures, under which governors could determine serving hours for alcohol at establishments taking anti-virus steps after considering infection trends, will be expanded to 16 prefectures from Friday to September 12.

A government task force plan will formally endorse the decision after the government's Covid-19 advisory panel approves the plan on Tuesday. A total of 14,854 daily Covid-19 infections were reported on Monday nationwide, rising about 2,700 from a week earlier.

Of the total, Tokyo accounted for 2,962 cases, Kanagawa confirmed 2,584, Chiba reported 1,609, and Saitama logged 1,301. Agencies

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4,60,516
No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours

20,81,09,987
Total no. of cases worldwide

43,76,019
Total no. of deaths worldwide

Source: WHO/Johns Hopkins

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