Tokyo, Kanagawa ask central gov’t to extend COVID quasi-emergency
16:22, 8 February 2022
TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Tokyo and other prefectures including Kanagawa on Tuesday requested that the central government extend quasi-emergency measures over the coronavirus pandemic beyond the deadline on Sunday, Kyodo reports.
Japan has been struggling to stem a new wave of infections spurred by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.