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A delivery of two masks to each household also began on Friday, although the move has been greeted with much derision online.
Japan’s state of emergency is no lockdown. What’s in it?
” We are moving quickly to provide money to all people,” Mr. Abe said in a telecasted news conference to discuss his decision to expand a state of emergency situation nationwide
An initial plan to supply three times that total up to families, which have seen incomes slashed because of the coronavirus, was dropped and Mr. Abe apologised for the confusion.
Japan has actually seen reasonably couple of cases and deaths compared to hotspots in Europe and the United States but a recent spike in Tokyo– which logged a daily record 201 brand-new cases on Friday– has sparked concern.
Mr. Abe initially