Gov't to expand COVID state of emergency to Osaka, areas near Tokyo

The government is planning to add three prefectures neighboring Tokyo, as well as the western prefecture of Osaka, to areas under the COVID-19 state of emergency following a recent surge in the number of coronavirus cases, a government source said Thursday.The state of emergency in Osaka as well as Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures will be effective from Monday through Aug. 31, bringing the total number of prefectures under the emergency to six, including Tokyo and Okinawa, at a time when the capital is hosting the Olympics.The state of emergency in Tokyo and the southern island prefe…READ FULL ARTICLE