Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is holding a press conference on January 7th this year at the Japanese Prime Minister’s residence on declaring an emergency in some areas of the metropolitan area, including Tokyo.The Japanese government decided on the 18th to maintain an emergency declaration to contain the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) until the 21st and lift it entirely.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at the Corona 19 Countermeasure Headquarters meeting held at the Japanese Prime Minister’s residence this afternoon, four metropolitan areas including Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba It has been decided to lift the declaration of emergency that is being maintained by the local government at the end of the 21st of this month.
Accordingly, the Japanese emergency, which re-established on January 8 of this year, is maintained for 73 days before ending.
Prior to the decision to lift the emergency, Prime Minister Suga attended the Steering Committee of the House of Representatives held that day, and said, “The (Expert) Advisory Committee gained understanding for ending the emergency measures in comprehensive consideration of the infection situation and medical provision.” Explained.
The decision that the emergency situation needs to be lifted in order to create an atmosphere for hosting the Olympics, such as the start of the torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics on the 25th of this month, is also believed to have influenced this decision.
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Japan has entered into force a corona 19 emergency across the archipelago for 49 days from April 7 to May 25 last year.
The number of new confirmed cases per day decreased significantly from earlier this year.
On January 8th, the re-emergence of this year’s emergency, there were 7,949 new cases a day (based on NHK counts), and on the 17th of this month there were 1,535.
However, considering the fact that there were hundreds of confirmed cases per day when the emergency was first issued in April last year, the spread of the infection itself is still more serious than at the time.
As spring outings are expected to become active and crowds are expected for various events such as entrance and graduation ceremonies, there are also concerns that the spread of Corona 19 infection may accelerate again.
According to Kyodo News, Prime Minister Suga told the House of Representatives Steering Committee to refrain from drinking parties attended by the majority, saying, “It is very important for the people to continue to respond with tension to prevent the re-proliferation of infection.”
The governors of the four metropolitan areas, including Tokyo, where the emergency is canceled this afternoon, held a video conference and agreed to delay the closing time of pubs from the current 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. from the current 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. .
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