Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:

As of 3:45 p.m., Monday, Dec. 7
- Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said Monday he has asked the central government to send nurses from the Self-Defense Forces to the western Japan prefecture due to a shortage of healthcare workers attending to patients suffering severe coronavirus cases.
As of 11 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6
- The Indonesian anti-corruption agency on Sunday named the social affairs minister and four other suspects in a bribery case involving social assistance for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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