Tokyo finds four Omicron cases, one possible community infection

FILE PHOTO: Men wearing protective masks walk near Shinagawa station on the first day after the Japanese government lifted the state of emergency in Tokyo, Japan, May 26,  2020.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
FILE PHOTO: Men wearing protective masks walk near Shinagawa station on the first day after the Japanese government lifted the state of emergency in Tokyo, Japan, May 26, 2020.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Four infections with the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Japanese capital, its governor, Yuriko Koike, said on Friday.

One was in a person who had not travelled overseas and was a case of suspected community transmission, she added.

(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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