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TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Japan needs to remain on high alert for further coronavirus outbreaks as the number of cases with unclear contagion routes increases, Mr Yasutoshi Nishimura, the country's economy minister and virus czar, said. The nation's number of Covid-19 infections has spiked in the past week, with Tokyo reporting more than 200 cases for three straight days. The minister didn't say the government was considering declaring a state of emergency, but he warned of increased stress on public health centres' resources when speaking on public broadcaster NHK on Sunday (July 12). Testing should be strategically and greatly increased, he...
