Covid-19: Europe toll passes 50,000 as Japan declares emergency
Japan to rely on peer pressure for enforcement; China declares no new fatalities and lifts Wuhan lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEurope has passed the grim milestone of 50,000 Covid-19 deaths and Japan has declared a state of emergency to curb the virus’s spread, as China declared no new fatalities for the first time since January and lifted the 11-week lockdown of Wuhan.While Denmark and Norway announced plans to lift some of their distancing measures on Tuesday, the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, declared a month-long state of emergency in major population centres, including Tokyo, where the number of cases has more than doubled this week to 1,116. Continue reading...
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