Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has informed his Covid-19 task force that the government will add seven more districts to the current state of emergency, expanding support to them as they tackle a rise in cases.
The official announcement is expected to be made in a press conference at 7pm local time in Tokyo on Wednesday and follows last week’s expansion of support to the capital and three surrounding districts. The newly affected areas are Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo; the country’s business and manufacturing zone, Aichi, the location of Toyota and other industrial corporations; and Fukuoka, Kyushu and Tochigi.
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