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Tokyo, Jan 7 (EFE/EPA).- The government of Japan on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three adjoining prefectures, allowing authorities to impose fresh restrictions to check the Covid-19 pandemic amid a record surge in infections.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday announced the activation of the legislative recourse over the "serious feeling of risk" due to the rapid countrywide expansion of the virus, during a meeting with the government team in-charge of pandemic response. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WALK AS A PUBLIC BROADCAST SHOWS JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA ANNOUNCING A STATE OF EMERGENCY DURING A TELEVISED NEWS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO'S BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT KABUKICHO, JAPAN.
Russia has the fourth-highest virus caseload in the world with a total of 1.3 million registered infections, and more than 23,000 deaths.
"We are deeply concerned," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday Britain was in "a race against time" to rollout COVID-19 vaccines as deaths hit record highs and hospitals run out of oxygen, with his top medical adviser saying the pandemic's worst weeks were imminent.
Brazil's Covid-19 death toll passed 200,000 on Thursday, the health ministry said, as daily new cases accelerated to a record of 87,843 after year-end holidays in the country with the world's second-deadliest outbreak.