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January 18 According to a Kyodo News Agency, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on the 18th that three
Japanese were infected with the variants novel coronavirus from the United Kingdom, and the three have not been to the United Kingdom.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare also said that it was impossible to confirm
whether the three patients had contact with British returnees, and that the variants virus is likely to spread in Japanese cities.