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COVID-19: Japan to suspend domestic travel campaign in two cities, minister says
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COVID-19: Japan to suspend domestic

travel campaign in two cities, minister says
Passersby wearing protective masks walk on a snow-covered street in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan,
Feb 26, 2020. (File photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato)

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TOKYO: The Japanese government is preparing to pause its domestic travel
campaign in two cities following sharp rises in COVID-19 cases, the minister
handling the government's coronavirus response said on Tuesday (Nov 24).

Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said he hoped a final decision on the

temporary exclusion of western Osaka city as well as Sapporo in northern Japan
could be made later in the day.

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"Infections are spreading and medical care is becoming tense, so I think it's good
to act as soon as possible," Nishimura told reporters after a Cabinet meeting.

Nishimura said the exclusion would initially be for three weeks, during which
there would be a halt of new reservations under the programme.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga  said on Saturday the government would suspend

new reservations under the Go To Travel programme for trips to hard-hit areas as
new coronavirus cases have continued to rise nationally.
Suga has been attempting a balancing act of revitalising the hard-hit economy
while keeping the spread of the coronavirus under control.

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Osaka city reported 171 new cases on Monday after seeing a record 286 cases the
previous day, a city official told Reuters.

Sapporo's daily infection rate stood at 140 cases on Monday, below a record 197
cases reported on Thursday last week, a city official said.

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