Tokyo masks again

By AFP Published: Nov 19, 2020 05:33 PM

Commuters wearing face masks walk at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday. Japan is on "maximum alert" after logging a record number of daily coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, though no immediate restrictions are planned. The country recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

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