SAPPORO – The state of emergency declared late last month in Hokkaido was set to end late Thursday amid signs the spread of the virus has been abating in the prefecture.
“There has not been a surge of infected patients significant enough to cause a collapse of the health care system. The situation has not become as threatening as I had feared,” Gov. Naomichi Suzuki said at a news conference Wednesday.
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