The Japanese government extended the COVID-19 state of emergency covering the Tokyo metropolitan area by two weeks on Friday, having decided the situation has not improved enough to end it this weekend as planned.The extension to March 21 is the second since Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared the emergency in early January, coming as health experts have warned that a premature exit could lead to a resurgence in infections and put further strain on hospitals with less than five months until the Summer Olympics.Infections are on the decline but the pace has slowed and there are "growing c…READ FULL ARTICLE
