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In this July 8, 2021, file photo, pedestrians walk past a giant public TV with a live broadcast of a news conference by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after he announced a state of emergency because of rising coronavirus infections in Tokyo. Faced with rapidly rising numbers of new coronavirus infections and growing concern over the proliferation of the highly contagious delta variant, major Asia-Pacific cities implemented new restrictions Friday, July 2021, in the hope of reversing the trend before health care systems are overwhelmed. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
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