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Japan extends calls to avoid nightclubs, bars to all prefectures
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan will allow governors of all 47 prefectures to request that their residents refrain from visiting nightclubs, hostess bars and busy downtown spots in a push to prevent cluster infections of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday. At present, Tokyo, Osaka and five other […]