Tokyo raised its Covid-19 alert level to its highest measure on Dec 17

Health authorities have identified 220 “close contacts” and more than 50 “exposure sites” linked to positive cases

Restrictions include asking people to stay at least 14 days isolate before entering the kingdom

New Covid-19 infections in Tokyo hit a record 1,337 on Dec. 31

The second deadliest incident was the May crash of a Pakistan airliner crashed in May killing 98

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing

Britain is battling a new wave of a virus that has already killed more than 74,000 people

Trial participants who received the placebo will have two doses of the investigational vaccine reserved for them

The United States is averaging 186,000 cases a day

There is now a renewed focus on Indigenous empowerment amid the Black Lives Matter movement