People in greater Tokyo and the Osaka area in western Japan hunkered down on Saturday as officials urged citizens to stay indoors to prevent a potential emergency, but some were carrying on as normal.
FILE PHOTO: Passersby wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease , walk past notices of closed and business hours reduction displayed in front of a movie theater at Kabukicho entertainment and shopping district in Tokyo, Japan March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
“I realize it’s the weekend, but just ask yourself whether or not you can delay what you think you need to do to another day,” she said. The government has deployed the military to greater Tokyo’s Narita and Haneda airports to assist in virus screenings and the transport of people placed in quarantine, NHK said.
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