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Japan will consider expanding coronavirus state of emergency if needed

 People walk as a public broadcast shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announcing a state of emergency during a televised news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 7, 2021. (File photo/EPA)
People walk as a public broadcast shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announcing a state of emergency during a televised news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 7, 2021. (File photo/EPA)
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08 Jan 2021 01:01:01 GMT9
08 Jan 2021 01:01:01 GMT9

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday the government would liaise with other prefectures and check whether the state of emergency over the coronavirus for the greater Tokyo region should be extended to those areas.

The governors of Osaka and Aichi are expected to request being added to the emergency declaration as infections surge in their prefectures. 

Reuters

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