Coronavirus outbreak update: Feb. 6, 2021

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

As of 11 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6

Japan's governors urged the central government on Saturday to present its coronavirus vaccine rollout plan soon as little information has been provided so far on how many vaccines will be available and when they will be delivered.
Just over 21 percent of people in Japan are washing or sanitizing their hands appropriately amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an online survey by a team drawn from Tokyo Medical University and other institutions.
Japan Airlines Co. is offering a service to cover the expenses of its international passengers for their tests, treatment and quarantine if they have become infected with COVID-19 while overseas.
ANA Holdings Inc. plans to reduce its workforce in the aviation business by roughly 20 percent over the next five years through natural attrition to cut costs and cope with the COVID-19 crisis that has depressed travel demand, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.

As of 11 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized Friday for the health ministry's failure to discover a technical glitch that has rendered its smartphone app for COVID-19 contact tracing useless for Android users since September last year.
Taiwan will be among the first recipients internationally of the first round of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by a platform co-led by the World Health Organization to ensure equitable global access, local media reported on Friday.
Britain's AstraZeneca Plc said Friday it has formally filed a request for Japan's health ministry to approve its novel coronavirus vaccine, making it the second drugmaker to do so after U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.