Japan Prepares to Extend CCP Virus Emergency for About a Month: Sources

Japan Prepares to Extend CCP Virus Emergency for About a Month: Sources
Staff members of Aichi Prefecture, wearing protective gear as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the CCP virus, check the body temperature of passengers arriving at Nagoya railway station, Japan, on April 29, 2020. STR /Jiji Press/ AFP via Getty Images
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Japan is preparing to extend its state of emergency over the CCP virus, originally set to end on May 6, for about a month, government sources told Reuters on April 30, even as some other countries begin to reopen after strict lockdowns.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Parliament that he would consult infectious disease experts on whether to extend the emergency, which he declared on April 7 for seven prefectures including Tokyo.