Prefectural governors on Saturday expressed concerns over the potential impact of the central government's plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions in the near future.
The governors said the announcement of the plan to relax curbs around November once most of the population has been vaccinated could make the public too optimistic about the pandemic situation at a time when coronavirus infections are still spreading.
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