Japan's COVID-19 death toll tops 10,000 amid 3rd virus emergency

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Japan topped 10,000 on Monday, doubling in about three months, as the country battles a fourth wave of infections driven by more contagious variants, a Kyodo News tally showed.The country's vaccination rollout, which has been criticized as sluggish, only began for those 65 and over earlier this month, and is thus unlikely to lead to an immediate improvement in fatalities.But the government on Monday decided to open from late May a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination center in Tokyo's Otemachi business district capable of administering shots to 10,00…READ FULL ARTICLE