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Expert Meeting “Continuous Action Needed”
Backed by the government’s emergency extension policy.

A masked citizen is walking in an underground passage near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo / EPA Yonhap News

A masked citizen is walking in an underground passage near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo / EPA Yonhap News

In Tokyo, the capital of Japan, the number of people infected with Corona19 increased again in three days. At an expert meeting set up by the Japanese government, the opinion was raised that “getting out is necessary for the time being” and supported the Japanese government’s emergency extension policy.

(NHK) reported on 1 that there were 165 confirmed candidates for corona19 in Tokyo. The number of new confirmers in Tokyo fell below 50 on two consecutive days on the 29th and 30th of last month, but increased to 100 again in three days. As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed patients in Tokyo increased to 4,317.

At the press conference held in the afternoon after the morning expert meeting, Shigeru Omi said: “The number of infected people in the country tends to decrease, but the rate of decline is slower than in Tokyo.” He explained that for a reason, people moved from big cities to the region, and the spread of infections to fats. “If you look at the situation and the response to the global infection, you need to take steps to keep up with the domestic infection situation,” he said. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the day before, the day before, “to a certain extent, we must be prepared for war,” and announced plans to extend the emergency that was originally scheduled to end on the 7th.

At the morning press conference, the Nishimura Yasutoshi Economic Rehabilitation Award, a government official who attended the expert meeting, said: “Relieving the request to refrain from leaving due to the emergency declaration, the spread will be recreated of infection, and the ever-changing efforts and achievements of actions will be lost. ” “I was evaluated (at the expert meeting) for concerns,” he said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said tonight: “We ask the Nishimura Economic Renewal Prize to quickly adjust measures to adapt to the local infection situation by inputting expert opinions on the basis of extending the current (emergency) one month (period extension) from the framework of the declaration. Said. While maintaining the emergency area throughout Japan, the government proposed to extend the period to approximately one month. Prime Minister Abe also said the final decision will be made on 4.

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