Japanese authorities have warned local officials to include coronavirus measures in their disaster preparations as residents are being urged to seek shelter with friends to avoid overcrowding evacuation centres.
Meanwhile, voters in northern Spain protected themselves with face masks and hand sanitiser before voting as regional elections were held despite new localised outbreaks.
This story will be regularly updated throughout Monday.
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Spaniards vote amid new coronavirus outbreaks
Voters in northern Spain have protected themselves with face masks and hand sanitizer before voting on Sunday (local time) as Galicia and the Basque Country held regional elections despite new localised outbreaks.
The extra health measures meant there were long lines outside polling stations for the votes, which were postponed from April due to the pandemic and are the first since one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns was relaxed.
Bilbao, the Basque region’s largest city, increased the number of polling stations by 25 per cent t