Sharjah24 – WAM: The Japanese government's advisory panel is set to approve expanding stricter anti-COVID-19 measures to 18 additional regions on Tuesday, putting over 70 percent of the country under restrictions, it was reported on Tuesday.
The Osaka and Kyoto prefectures in western Japan are among the areas to be covered by the measures, which were introduced in response to a surge of infections and hospitalisation driven by the Omicron variant.
Japan logged over 44,000 new cases Monday, according to a tally compiled by public broadcaster NHK.
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