* Stricter measures came into effect on Monday for three Japanese prefectures in an effort to combat a resurgence of COVID-19 cases under a revised law that does not require declaring a state of emergency. * The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 3,712 within one day to 1,537,967, with the death toll adding by 146 to 41,815, the Health Ministry said on Monday. According to the ministry, 5,800 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,381,677. * The Biden administration has named a coordinator to lead US COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy globally as it sought to assure countries seeking more supplies from Washington that it was moving as fast as possible. * New data from Israel, where health officials moved quickly to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, suggests that the vaccination of adults also protects unvaccinated people living around them. * Novavax Inc said participants in its ongoing COVID-19 vaccine … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: April 5