Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Cumulative global cases have reached 137,210,989, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 2,956,546.
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— Distribution, duration, safety: challenges emerge in vaccine race
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Wednesday, April 14 (Tokyo time)
5:10 p.m. Osaka reports 1,130 new infections, up from 1,099 a day earlier and posting a record number of new daily cases for the second day in a row. The western Japan prefecture has recently seen a surge in COVID-19 cases — about double the numbers for Tokyo. Hyogo,…
