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(ANSA) – TOKYO, NOV 07 – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga warns of the risks of a possible acceleration of coronavirus infections with the approach of winter and the tendency of people to stay indoors.
“We must look at the situation from another perspective and with extreme caution compared to the previous season,” Suga said during a parliamentary hearing, just a day after the 1,000 daily cases were surpassed in the country, for the first time since the end. August.
In addition to the increase in positivity in large metropolitan centers such as Tokyo and Osaka, outbreaks have been reported in Hokkaido prefecture, in the north of the archipelago, and in other regions of the northeast of the country. Experts say the trend may be related to lower temperatures forcing more people to spend more time indoors with poor ventilation.
Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki anticipated raising the alert level to 3 on a scale of 5 starting this weekend and reducing business hours in Susukino’s red light district, source. of the largest number of infections. The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 242 new cases on Friday, bringing the total to 32,135, the highest level among 47 prefectures. At a press conference, the chief of staff, Katsunobu Kato, added that the executive “will spare no effort to reduce the spread of the virus, working with local authorities to coordinate a further increase in tests in the highest risk regions.” Nationwide, Covid cases in Japan amount to 106,938, with 1,825 deaths overall. (HANDLE).
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