Recall issued for 38,000 GM vehicles in Canada over software safety glitch
Transport Canada has issued a recall for 38,000 General Motors (GM) vehicles for safety risks related to a software glitch, the agency reported in a notice on Wednesday.
Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases surging to record levels, but there is no plan for any sweeping national measures.
A seventh wave of COVID-19 pushed the daily tally of new cases in Japan to a record 233,094 on Thursday as the BA.5 variant of virus spreads, putting pressure on medical services and disrupting company operations in some places.
Japan has never imposed national lockdowns on the scale of some other countries, instead periodically calling on people to stay at home as much as possible and limiting the opening hours of restaurants and bars.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara reiterated that on Friday saying regional authorities should tailor their response to their specific situations.
"Rather than a national response, we want to support regional authorities in their efforts that are based on their local situations," Kihara told a regular news conference.
"What's important is to help each prefecture's social and economic activities."
The western city of Osaka recently urged elderly people to avoid non-essential outings.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike called on residents to test frequently, including at free centers set up at city train stations, and to maintain precautions such as masks but the capital was not imposing any restrictions at this point.
"We've learned a lot from our experiences over the past few years," she told a regular news conference.
The country of 125.8 million people has done better than some in handling the pandemic, with 32,308 deaths since it began in early 2020.
But Japan had the world's highest number of new coronavirus cases in the week to July 24, the World Health Organization said this week.
Though the number of deaths in the new wave has been low compared with previous ones, new infections are beginning to take a toll on some sectors.
Train companies in some regions have had to curtail services due to a lack of staff and Toyota Motor Corp suspended night shift operations at one production line of its Takaoka factory in central Japan this week because of COVID.
Reporting by Mariko Katsumura and Elaine Lies; Editing by Clarence Fernandez, Robert Birsel
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