A restaurant worker wearing a mask sells Bento, a takeout lunch box, in front of her store on May 28, 2021 in Osaka, Japan.
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(CNN) -
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that Japan will extend the state of emergency to nine prefectures until June 20, about a month before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Suga said that despite the decline in the number of COVID-19 infections in Osaka and Tokyo, cases remain at high levels and Osaka hospitals are under pressure.
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"The infection is decreasing these days, however the situation is still unpredictable," said the prime minister.
"Considering these situations, I have decided to extend the statement," Suga added.
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