Policemen patrol after a security sweep at the Tokyo Big Sight, the site of the International Broadcast Centre (IOC) and Main Press Centre (MPC) for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Tokyo on Monday, July 12, 2021. - AFP
TOKYO, July 12 (Xinhua): Tokyo begins its fourth state of emergency on Monday to contain a resurgence in Covid-19 infections, local media reported Monday.
Katsunobu Kato, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, said that the state of emergency was to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 from Tokyo during the summer break and Bon holiday period.
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