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    <text>Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 22,242 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.489,460. </text>
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      <text>Malaysia reports a record 20,596 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the second day a row, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.2 million. </text>
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    <text>Japan reports a record 15,263 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 5,042 cases in Tokyo, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 987,163. </text>
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      <text>The government approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, becoming the first vaccine to be used for children in Japan. </text>
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  <text>Japan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 25,156 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. </text>
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