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- Tokyo Government officials have issued an alert after confirming the highest daily tally of coronavirus infections in weeks. The governor says it’s a way of urging residents to remain cautious—but does not alter the plan to gradually reopen the economy.
- South Korea’s government is on alert for possible spreading of the coronavirus through the greater Seoul area after a new cluster infection was reported at a church in the suburbs of the capital.
- Officials in the Chinese city of Wuhan say they have found no COVID-19 cases with symptoms after testing almost all of its population. The city is where the first coronavirus infections were reported.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has warned of a possible military deployment, as protests over the death of a black man last week descend into chaos. Trump said at the White House on Monday that he is a “president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters.”
- Schools in the United Kingdom have reopened following a two-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The number of cases of infection in the country has topped 270,000, with more than 38,000 deaths.
- Japan is considering easing entry bans on people from Asia-Pacific countries where coronavirus infections are now apparently under control. The government may allow the entry of people on business from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand as early as this month.