The emergence of Japan’s coldest city as a COVID-19
It prompted the government to announce a plan on Monday to send nurses from Self Defense Forces to the region and western metropolis of Osaka to help fight the outbreak.
“Hokkaido is a place where due to the climate conditions people tend to have the heater on very high and in very closed spaces as well,” said Haruo Ozaki, president of the Tokyo Medical Association.
“In places such as Tokyo and Osaka, it will also be getting colder from now. When…