Japan extended the state of emergency in 10 places including Tokyo until March 7.
On February 2, in Tokyo, Japan, people wore masks to travel. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yiyi photo
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, February 2 (Reporter Hua Yi) Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced on the evening of February 2 that the emergency in 11 prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture, will be extended to March 7 except Tochigi Prefecture.
After holding a meeting of the Expert Advisory Committee and reporting to the National Assembly, Suga Yoshihide officially announced the above decision at the meeting of the Countermeasures Headquarters in Covid-19 on the same day. He said that the state of emergency has obviously achieved results. In order to maintain this trend and reduce the number of hospitalized and severe cases, except for Tochigi Prefecture, which lifted the state of emergency on February 7, the other 10 prefectures extended the state of emergency to March 7.
Suga Yoshihide also said that if the epidemic situation in these 10 prefectures improves, the state of emergency may be lifted before March 7.
On February 2, in Tokyo, Japan, people wore masks to travel. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yiyi photo
A state of emergency has been implemented in Tokyo and its surrounding Kanagawa Prefecture, saitama Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture since January 8th. Seven prefectures, including Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture, also entered a state of emergency from January 14th. The measures taken in this round of emergency in Japan mainly include the government asking people to avoid going out after 20: 00, the restaurant closing at 20: 00, and calling on enterprises to let employees work at home as much as possible, but they do not "close the city" or require schools to suspend classes.
Recently, the number of newly confirmed cases in Japan has shown a downward trend, but the number of newly added deaths in a single day has not decreased significantly. According to the statistics of Japan Broadcasting Association TV Station, there were 7882 new confirmed cases in Japan on January 8, the highest since the epidemic. After the implementation of a state of emergency in some areas, the number of newly confirmed cases dropped to 1792 on February 1. As of 20: 20 on the 2nd (19: 20 Beijing time), there were 2,324 newly confirmed cases in Japan that day, with a total of 394,087 confirmed cases. There were 119 new deaths, a record high, with a total of 5,952 deaths.
On February 2nd, the shops in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan closed ahead of schedule, and the number of pedestrians decreased significantly. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yiyi photo
On February 2nd, the shops in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan closed ahead of schedule, and the number of pedestrians decreased significantly. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yiyi photo
On February 2, in Tokyo, Japan, people wore masks to travel. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yiyi photo