Quasi-virus emergency moniker "Mambo" rapped for lightheartedness

A northeastern Japan city recently urged caution to the media on the use of the shortened popularized moniker "Mambo" -- a play on words for stronger measures against the novel coronavirus and its ocean sunfish symbolic of its post-disaster reconstruction.A document distributed by Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, comes amid calls that the use of the nickname could diminish the seriousness of the central government's move to designate Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures for stronger measures against increasing COVID-19 cases.The steps, including fines for eateries that ignore mandates to shorte…READ FULL ARTICLE