WORLD Japan extends COVID-19 state of emergency to May 31

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Japan extends COVID-19 state of emergency to May 31

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20:39, May 07, 2021

A screen shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaking during a press conference to announce the extension of a coronavirus state of emergency, in Tokyo on May 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Japan on Friday extended the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until May 31 to curb a surge in novel coronavirus cases just months before the Tokyo Olympics.

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