Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has cancelled plans to visit India and the Philippines during his country s extended holiday starting in late April amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, a.
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TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has cancelled plans to visit India and the Philippines during his country s extended holiday starting in late April amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, a senior government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Japan s government is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and several other prefectures, while Indian data showed on Wednesday there had been 295,041 new infections nationwide overnight and 2,023 deaths, India s highest in the pandemic.
Asked about media reports that Suga s trip to the two countries has been cancelled, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said: In order to take all possible coronavirus countermeasures, it has been decided Prime Minister Suga won t take any overseas trips during the Golden Week.
At least 22 Covid patients killed in India after oxygen supply disrupted 1 minute read
New Delhi, Apr 21 (EFE).- At least 22 Covid-19 patients were killed on Wednesday at a hospital in India’s western state of Maharashtra, after a leak in an oxygen tank led to the supply being disrupted for dozens of patients connected to ventilators.
“As per current information, 22 people have died due to interrupted supply of oxygen at the Zakir Hussain municipal hospital. The patients were on ventilators as well as on oxygen supply, which got interrupted after the leakage in the oxygen supply tank,” Nashik District Magistrate Suraj Mandhare told reporters.
TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has cancelled plans to visit India and the Philippines during his country s extended holiday starting in late April amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, a senior government spokesman said on Wednesday (April 21).
Japan s government is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and several other prefectures, while Indian data showed on Wednesday there had been 295,041 new infections nationwide overnight and 2,023 deaths, India s highest in the pandemic.
When asked about media reports that Mr Suga s trip to the two countries has been cancelled, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said: In order to take all possible coronavirus countermeasures, it has been decided Prime Minister Suga won t take any overseas trips during the Golden Week.
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