[국제]Corona 19 infected the Japanese People’surge government, now

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In Japan, the number of new Corona 19 cases per day reached its highest level in two months.

In particular, the number of infected people is increasing rapidly as group infection continues in Hokkaido and other regions.

Find out the situation in Japan. Correspondent Lee Kyung-ah!

There was a tendency to gradually increase this month.

How much is the number of corona19 infections increasing in Japan?

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877 new infections were confirmed across Japan yesterday.

According to NHK statistics, this number is the highest daily in two months since it hit 903 on August 27.

The increase was particularly notable during the past week.

From the 26th to yesterday (31), the number of new infections increased by an average of 709 per day, an average of more than 100 from a week ago.

This time, it is also noted that the infection is spreading rapidly in the provinces.

In Hokkaido, 81 people were confirmed yesterday, the highest daily number since the Corona 19 incident, with 143 in Osaka and 97 in Aichi prefecture.

The Japanese government’s countermeasures subcommittee against Corona 19 emphasized caution, saying that the number of infected people across the country shows a trend to gradually increase this month.

Due to the cold weather in winter, ventilation is not easy, so there is concern about the possibility of spreading infections indoors.

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What has been flagged as a big problem in Japan’s response to Corona 19 is that infection information is not being collected correctly.

The Japanese government has announced that it will only review the law, right?

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Last summer, the Japanese government created a system in which medical institutions enter the information of people infected with corona19 and share it with related institutions.

However, it was found that the utilization rate of this system is still only 40%.

The utilization rate is low because medical institutions are not legally required to enter information.

Furthermore, as the exchange of information between the central government and the local governments is delayed, the infection statistics themselves were also delayed and errors occurred.

In this regard, the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, Tamura, admitted in an interview with the newspaper Nippon Geizai that there had been problems responding to Corona 19.

To offset these points, the National Assembly, to be held in January next year, announced that it will seek a revision of the law to offset these points.

We want to create a legal basis for mandatory entry and information sharing and clarify the command authority of the government.

In response to this move, Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that there are complaints in the medical field that the information entry system created by the government for infected people is inconvenient to use.

It is noted that it is a priority to listen and reflect the voices of the field before proceeding with a legal mandate.

I am YTN Lee Kyung-ah from Tokyo.

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