Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:
As of 11 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8
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The Japanese government will establish in March a center for monitoring the health condition of visitors from overseas during their stay amid the coronavirus pandemic, as it plans to accept small group tours ahead of the postponed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
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The government will dispatch nurses from the Self-Defense Forces to Asahikawa in Hokkaido, as the northern Japan city faces a shortage of health care workers due to a recent spike in coronavirus infections, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Tuesday.
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Britain on Tuesday started administering doses of the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE, becoming the first Western country to put such a vaccine into practical use.
- The South Korean government said Tuesday that it will buy coronavirus vaccines for up to 44 million people, or nearly 90 percent of the country's population.
- The International Olympic Committee has requested National Olympic Committees ensure arrivals and departures from the athletes village fit in with new rules designed to reduce the risk of coronavirus, IOC President Thomas Bach said.
- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday the Japanese government has compiled an additional economic package worth 73.6 trillion yen ($707 billion) to help ease the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
As of 11 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.
- Panasonic Corp. said Monday it will start trials in February of home deliveries by a self-driving robot in a residential area near Tokyo as the coronavirus pandemic has raised demand for services with reduced or no human-to-human contact.
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