A skyline of Tokyo is seen from the Shibuya Sky observation deck as a security stands guard in Tokyo on February 2, 2021 as Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in several parts of the country, with less than six months to go until the pandemic-postponed Olympics. - AFP
TOKYO, Feb 2 (AP): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday that he is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other areas through March 7, amid growing uncertainty over the national rollout of vaccines and the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
Suga said he will speed up vaccination plans and start inoculating a first group of medical workers in mid-February, instead of the earlier target of late February.
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