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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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NEW OPTION ON TABLE Evacuation orders to be lifted even before radiation purged June 3, 2020 The government is planning to create new rules to allow the lifting of evacuation orders in areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster before they are thoroughly decontaminated, according to sources.
SO REST EASY Asthma unlikely to raise severity of COVID-19 symptoms June 3, 2020 Contrary to a popular assumption, bronchial asthma is unlikely to increase the severity of symptoms of the novel coronavirus, according to a study by the National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD) in Tokyo.

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