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The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections sweeping across major areas of the country. The month-long state of emergency will target Tokyo and six other prefectures – accounting for 44% of Japan’s population – to ramp up defences against Covid-19. He made the announcement on … Read more
Robots stand in for university students during graduation in Japan while they self-isolate at home during the coronavirus pandemic Robots were used to stand in for students at a graduation ceremony in Japan Tablets were placed on the robots’ heads that let students project their faces Students who attended the ceremony controlled the robots movements … Read more
Japan is poised to announce a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other regions as the country’s coronavirus crisis escalates. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the measures will be announced in detail Tuesday, and will include increased social distancing but stop short of hard lockdowns of the kind in place in Europe. Abe also … Read more
Countries advising its people to wear face masks to stop the spread of coronavirus have had lower rates of infection, data shows. While other measures will affect results such as testing and social distancing, it is clear that many Asian countries where face masks have been widely worn are suffering fewer cases of Covid-19. Hong … Read more
Countries advising its people to wear face masks to stop the spread of coronavirus have had lower rates of infection, data shows. While other measures will affect results such as testing and social distancing, it is clear that many Asian countries where face masks have been widely worn are suffering fewer cases of Covid-19. Hong … Read more
Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more
Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more
Shares in London’s biggest companies were dragged lower today after banks slashed their dividends and the US warned hundreds of thousands of Americans might die in the pandemic. The FTSE 100 dropped as much as 4.5 per cent or 257 points to 5,414 in early trading, before settling about 3.5 per cent or 200 points … Read more
A Japanese drug company has begun the final stages of human trials for its flu therapeutic for treating coronavirus, it announced Tuesday. Fujifilm’s Toyama Chemical branch makes a drug called Avigan, which is approved in Japan for stopping the flu virus from replicating in the body. Researchers with the company think it may well have … Read more
A Japanese drug company has begun the final stages of human trials for its flu therapeutic for treating coronavirus, it announced Tuesday. Fujifilm’s Toyama Chemical branch makes a drug called Avigan, which is approved in Japan for stopping the flu virus from replicating in the body. Researchers with the company think it may well have … Read more