Japan's coronavirus containment strategy faces breaking point
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Japan's coronavirus containment strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told cabinet members on Tuesday that his second-in-command, Taro Aso, would no longer be present at any meeting the prime minister attends, a government spokesman said, in a move to guard the leadership against infection that could hamper Japan's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Japan recently reported a surge in COVID19 cases

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