Tokyo confirmed 13,074 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down about 4,500 from a week before, marking a week-on-week decline for the fifth consecutive day.
The seven-day average of new cases came to 15,714.4, compared with 18,128.1 a week earlier.
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Workplace vaccinations of COVID-19 booster shorts for airline workers began at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday. | POOL / VIA KYODO
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