Japan to ease COVID-19 restrictions around November

The Japanese government plans to relax COVID-19 curbs on travel, large-scale events and serving alcohol around November provided that most of the eligible population is vaccinated by then, sources with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday.The government is also expected to decide on extending the current COVID-19 state of emergency beyond the Sunday expiration date to Sept. 30 for Tokyo and 18 other prefectures, as hospitals remain under strain, ruling party sources said.As Japan is still grappling with high numbers of coronavirus cases due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta varia…READ FULL ARTICLE