73: Japan's third wave of COVID-19 w/ Gearoid Reidy

Gearoid Reidy, a senior editor at Bloomberg, joins us to discuss whether we might see a new state of emergency and the hope provided by the recent news about vaccines.

Read more:

• Tokyo reports record-breaking daily cases as capital prepares for highest alert level (Ryusei Takahashi, The Japan Times)
• COVID-19 updates (The Japan Times)
• Hokkaido raises alert level for Sapporo as virus surge continues (The Japan Times)
• 84% concerned about record coronavirus cases in Japan, poll finds (The Japan Times) 
• How the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines stack up (The Japan Times)
• Japan approves bill to offer all residents free COVID-19 vaccines (The Japan Times)
• Japan was expecting a coronavirus explosion. Where is it? (Gearoid Reidy)

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Gearoid Reidy: Twitter | Articles
Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram

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Photo: Mask-wearing pedestrians are reflected in a board in Tokyo. | AFP-JIJI