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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2020
Tokyo announces monthlong action plan to contain coronavirus outbreak
The plan, which took effect Saturday and lasts until May 6, requests the temporary closure of a long list of businesses and private facilities.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020
Taiwan accuses Chinese trolls of fomenting racism spat with WHO
Taiwan accused Chinese internet users of spreading fabricated expressions of remorse in a coordinated effort to paint Taipei as the source of a campaign of racist abuse against the head of the World Health Organization.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020
Wuhan rent protest shows unrest brewing in China after lockdown
Dozens of small shop owners protested outside one of Wuhan’s biggest shopping malls to demand a cut in rent, in one of the first signs of unrest since authorities lifted a lockdown at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020
Thousands of people in tightly packed dorms pose new challenge for Singapore's virus fight
Tightly packed dormitories housing thousands of foreign workers have emerged as one of Singapore’s biggest challenges in its fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Apr 10, 2020
Shortage spurs rush on materials for DIY virus masks in Hokkaido
A nationwide shortage of face masks amid the growing COVID-19 outbreak has sparked a rise in the number of people who make homemade masks using cloth as a substitution for medical gauze as protection against the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2020
Boris Johnson kept working, but the coronavirus took over
Boris Johnson was on his own. He had been self-isolating for a week since testing positive for coronavirus. His domestic staff left trays of food outside his apartment door.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2020
'You can't relax': Vigilance urged as New York sees signs of coronavirus progress
Americans must resist the impulse to ease social-separation measures at the first glimpse of progress now being seen in the coronavirus battle, state government and public health leaders warned on Thursday, as the U.S. death toll surpassed 16,500.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2020
Japanese ICUs understaffed and overlooked as coronavirus influx looms
The health ministry estimates that Tokyo could see up to 700 patients in need of intensive care every day once the epidemic reaches its peak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2020
Impossible dilemma? World watches Italy as firms plead to return to work
Many Italian companies and academics are pressing the government to reopen factories to prevent an economic catastrophe, as the world watches how the first Western country to impose a lockdown can extricate itself from the unprecedented measures.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2020
Boris Johnson 'getting better' in intensive care as U.K. extends overdraft
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was getting better Thursday in intensive care where he is battling COVID-19 as his government extended its overdraft facility and reviewed the most stringent shutdown in peacetime history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2020
A car boom in Wuhan brings hope for post-lockdown recovery
If a stream of visitors to auto dealerships in the virus-hit city is any indication, the recovery of the car business in China and perhaps the world could be rapid.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2020
From fine to flailing: Rapid health declines in COVID-19 patients jar doctors and nurses
One medical worker called it "insane," another said it induces paranoia — the speed with which patients are declining and dying from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to determine how to stop such sudden deterioration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2020
Unchecked spread of coronavirus prompts about-face on masks around the world
Wearing face masks, which health officials in many countries previously discouraged outside hospitals, is gaining converts as the coronavirus spreads across the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2020
Fewer coronavirus deaths seen in countries that mandate tuberculosis vaccine
Countries with mandatory policies to vaccinate against tuberculosis register fewer coronavirus deaths than countries that don’t have those policies, a new study has found.

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