Tokyo asks for permission to use emergency powers as COVID cases surge three months before Olympics
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Thursday, 8 April 2021 ()
Tokyo has asked for permission to use emergency measures to combat a surge in a rapidly spreading and more contagious coronavirus variant, three months before the Olympic Games.
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