<span style="color: #222222;">Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the country is at a critical stage in dealing with COVID-19 infections but not at a point to declare a state of emergency.<br />'' <br />'' He further said that Japan has managed to keep clusters under control by carefully following infection routes. But the initial strategy is now having a difficulty, with a rise of infections that are no longer traceable which is an early sign of infection explosion.<br />'' <br />''Japan has 2,180 confirmed cases of the infection with 59 deaths so far, according to the health ministry.</span><br />