Coronavirus: Troubling new outbreaks in Asia
Thailand, which had been among the most successful countries in containing the coronavirus, imposed wide-ranging new restrictions on Monday as cases hit a daily high of 745. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha urged people to stay home, and Bangkok ordered schools, bars and entertainment venues to close.
In Japan, officials considered a state of emergency for Tokyo — which set a daily case record of 1,337 — the first such declaration since April. The country has closed its borders to foreign travelers after discovering cases of the new variant that first emerged in Britain.
And China has imposed “wartime mode” measures in several regions in the north of the country, conducting mass tests, sealing off villages that had confirmed infections and limiting entry into some districts.
Here are the latest updates and maps of the pandemic.
In other developments:

■ The government in India has defended regulators’ decision to approve a homegrown coronavirus vaccine called Covaxin, developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech, that is still under trial. (Here’s how Bharat’s shot works.)

■ An 82-year-old in Britain became the first person to receive the clinically authorized and fully tested vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca. It is expected to become one of the most widely used forms of inoculation.
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