Nearly 5,000 new coronavirus confirmed a day in Japan… In the end, an emergency is declared tomorrow

Input 2021.01.06 08:19

The corona crisis in Japan is getting worse. The Japanese government has actually decided to declare the last card, an emergency, but it is difficult to be optimistic about the effect.

According to local public broadcaster NHK on the 6th, the number of new coronavirus cases in Japan the previous day was identified as 4915. Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 25,4152. The death toll increased by 76 to 3,769.

The number of new confirmed cases and deaths per day in Japan broke the record on the 5th. It exceeded the previous record of 4,520 new confirmed cases (last month 31st) and 64 deaths a day (last month 25th).

Shigeru Omi, chairman of the Corona Countermeasures Subcommittee, said at an interview the previous day that the corona spread situation in the metropolitan area is the most serious of the four stages. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to declare a corona emergency on the 7th. This is the second emergency issue following April-May of last year.

The emergency is expected to be issued for about a month in four metropolitan local governments, including Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba Prefecture, and it is observed that it may last longer depending on the corona spread situation. The Japanese government considers drinking parties to be the main route for the spread of infection, and is expected to focus its administrative power on inducing restaurants to shorten business hours.