Tokyo to lift coronavirus alert to highest level: Asahi
People wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, make their way during rush hour at a railway station in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2020.
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PUBLISHED ONJuly 15, 2020 12:56 AM
TOKYO - Tokyo will lift its alert level for coronavirus infections to the highest of four levels on Wednesday, the Asahi newspaper reported, after a recent spike in cases to record levels in the Japanese capital.
Daily coronavirus cases exceeded 200 in four of the last six days, touching an all-time high of 243 cases last Friday as testing among workers in the metropolis’s red-light districts turned up infections among young people in their 20s and 30s.
The highest alert level suggests that “coronavirus infections are likely spreading”, the Asahi said.
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