Japan announced on Friday it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. Infections are also surging in another Asian country, South Korea.
We get the latest from NPR’s Anthony Kuhn in Seoul.
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