Suga cancels trip to India, Philippines Apr. 22 06:00 am JST Apr. 22 | 06:50 am JST TOKYO
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has canceled 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.
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