Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:
As of 12:50 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30
- Local health officials in the western state of Colorado on Tuesday announced the United States' first known case of a potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant spreading in Britain.
- The Japanese government has decided to suspend special entry conditions for athletes and team staff from countries and regions where new, potentially more infectious variants of the coronavirus have been found, sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
As of 11 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29
- The Philippines will bar the entry of travelers from Japan and 19 other countries and territories, the transport ministry said Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian nation tries to keep out a new, possibly more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.
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The Indonesian government said Monday it will close its borders to all international visitors for two weeks starting New Year's Day, as the country tries to keep out a potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.
- Former transport minister Yuichiro Hata was confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus, his political party said Monday, making him the first sitting member of Japan's parliament to fall victim to COVID-19.
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