- Japan is expected to extend a state of emergency to fight the spread of COVID-19 this week for Tokyo and other areas as hospitals remain under pressure despite a decline in cases from their peaks, local media reported on Monday (Feb 1).
- The government will decide on the extension after a meeting of its experts panel this week, public broadcaster NHK said.
- The government last month declared a one-month state of emergency, due to end on Sunday, for 11 areas including Tokyo and its neighbouring prefectures, as part of measures to rein in the pandemic.
- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has launched a raft of measures to contain a third wave of infections as his government remains determined that the Olympics go ahead as planned on Jul 23.
- Japan has had a total of 390,687 coronavirus cases and 5,766 deaths, NHK said. In Tokyo, new cases totalled 633 on Sunday, below 1,000 for the third consecutive day.
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