Coronavirus outbreak latest: Jan. 12, 2021
(WorldNews Japan)

Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak: People wearing face masks walk in Osaka`s Minami area on Jan. 11, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The central government is expected to expand later this week a coronavirus state of emergency, already in place in the Tokyo metropolitan area, to cover Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures as well. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo As of 10 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11 Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced Monday stricter lockdown rules for the nation`s capital Kuala Lumpur and several states following a surge in coronavirus infection cases that he said have stretched the country`s health care system to breaking point....