Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:
As of 10 p.m., Sunday, March 7
- The Japanese health minister said Sunday his ministry could approve a second COVID-19 vaccine as early as May, as the government sees inoculation as crucial to curbing infections.
As of 11 p.m., Saturday, March 6
- The number of people moving through some major train stations and other locations in Tokyo and adjacent areas rose Saturday from a week earlier, despite the government extending the coronavirus state of emergency in the capital and neighboring Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures for an additional two weeks.
- The Dalai Lama received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala, according to the Tibetan government-in-exile headquartered there.
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