Coronavirus pandemic picked in Japan as top international story of 2020

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- Dec 31, 2020 - 16:55 All,World,Coronavirus

Doctors take part in a training session in Tokyo on June 12, 2020, to treat COVID-19 patients, such as how to wear and remove protective gear and carry out PCR tests for the novel coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

President-elect Joe Biden addresses the nation at the Chase Center Nov. 7, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Getty/Kyodo)

A man from Hong Kong protests against China's imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong during a march in Tokyo's Shibuya area on July 12, 2020. About 300 people, including those from Hong Kong, took part in the march. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Naomi Osaka is pictured wearing a "Black Lives Matter" t-shirt ahead of her semifinal match at the Western and Southern Open in New York. (Kyodo)

A man supporting Britain's exit from the European Union is pictured near the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 31, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

High school students pose for a photo in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 25, 2020, after the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by 50 countries, paving the way for its entry into force on Jan. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant on Dec. 13, 2020, in Portage, Michigan. (Pool/Getty/Kyodo)

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks on stage at the Chase Center before President-elect Joe Biden's address to the nation Nov. 7, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Getty/Kyodo)

U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd R), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L), United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) and Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (L) attend a signing ceremony for the agreements on "normalization of relations" reached between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain at the White House in Washington on Sept. 15, 2020. (Photo by The White House/Tia Dufour/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty/Kyodo)

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Advisor Jared Kushner, speaks in the Oval Office to announce that Bahrain will establish diplomatic relations with Israel, at the White House in Washington, DC on September 11, 2020. The announcement follows one last month by Israel and the United Arab Emirates that they would seek to normalize relations with each other. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE)(Pool/Getty/Kyodo)

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been selected by senior editors of Kyodo News and its member or subscriber newspapers and broadcasters as the top international news story of 2020.The novel coronavirus, which was first confirmed in Wuhan, central China, on Dec. 8, 2019, has wreaked global havoc for most of 2020, with countries around the world imposing lockdowns and border restrictions in efforts to contain its spread. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19, the official name of the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, a pandemic on March 11…READ FULL ARTICLE

Coronavirus pandemic picked in Japan as top international story of 2020

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