Japan's Osaka asks residents to refrain from making non essential outings - Kyodo


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  • Friday, 27 Mar 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) - The governor of Japan's Osaka prefecture, Hirofumi Yoshimura, asked residents on Friday to refrain from making non-essential outings this weekend, Kyodo news reported, joining Tokyo which made a similar plea this week.

Japan reported more than 100 fresh cases of coronavirus infections on Friday, including 20 cases in Osaka, according to Kyodo.

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