Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Global cases have reached 96,284,292, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 2,060,232.
To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker charts:
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Thursday, Jan. 21 (Tokyo time)
12:25 a.m. Chile has approved Chinese developer’s Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Reuters reports.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
10:07 p.m. Japan reports 5,532 new COVID-19 cases as of 8 p.m., a slight increase from the previous day’s tally.
Meanwhile, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says it reached a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, which co-developed a widely used shot with Germany’s BioNTech.
Japan will receive 144 million doses — enough for 72 million people — from Pfizer this year. Vaccinations in…
