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According to NHK statistics, the number of recently announced confirmed cases in prefectures and airport quarantine offices across the country that day was 493 in Tokyo, 273 in Osaka, 233 in Hokkaido and 226 in Kanagawa. It’s 2,201 (as of 9 p.m.).
It is the first time since the announcement of the first infection on January 16 of this year that the number of confirmed cases in Japan has risen to 2,000 per day.
As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has risen to 124,256, including those on board the cruise ship (712 people) who suffered a massive infection while docked in the port of Yokohama in February this year.
The total number of deaths increased by 13 on this day to 1,946.
Japan went through the first pandemic (first wave) from March to May this year, and then entered the second pandemic around August.
In August, when the second epidemic was at its peak, it shed an average of around 1,000 confirmed cases per day, but the rise in new infections has slowed since September, maintaining the 300-800 level.
However, in November, the number of confirmed cases quickly rose to 1,000 again, entering the third epidemic.
Starting on the 12th, the number of new confirmed cases was renewed for three consecutive days, registering 1,707 on the 14th, and then surpassing the 2,000 mark for the first time in four days.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan’s Corona 19 response ministry, announced that as of the 16th, a total of 2,147 clusters (group of infected people) have been confirmed, focusing on restaurants, businesses, and wellness facilities across the country.
Of these, 85 cases occurred intensively for 4 days from day 12.
The increase in confirmed cases in Japan is expected to continue in the future.
Google’s prediction site, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the situation of Corona 19 infection, is expected to exceed 1,900 new cases on average daily in Japan for 28 days (4 weeks) from May 15-12. next month. He looked out.
Although the corona19 infection is spreading rapidly, the Japanese government is showing a negative stance when responding to emergencies such as the first pandemic, fearing negative impact on the economy.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who emphasizes the balance between the spread of the infection and socioeconomic activities, said that after more than 2,000 new confirmed cases were reported that day, Yastoshi Nishimura, who oversees the response to Corona 19, regenerates economical. He only instructed the supervisor in charge and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Tamura Norihisa, to “make every effort to prevent the spread of the infection.”
On April 7, when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office, the Japanese government declared an emergency to curb socio-economic activities in seven metropolitan areas where there were many confirmed cases, such as Tokyo and Osaka, and expanded it to the entire country. All were released on February 25.
Japan’s real gross domestic product (GDP, revised value) in the second quarter of this year (April-June) fell 7.9% compared to the previous year due to the emergency situation.
Assuming that this trend continues for one year, the annualized economic growth rate reached negative (-) 28.1%.
Shocked by this, the Japanese government implemented a policy to encourage socioeconomic activities in the third quarter of this year (July-September) despite the increase in confirmed cases, achieving economic growth of 21.4% per year.
It is analyzed that the recent strong increase in confirmed cases is not related to the policy focused on saving the economy.
Japanese government spokesman Kato Katsunobu, in a press conference, repeatedly expressed the opinion that although Corona 19 is spreading, it is not in a situation where there is no uniform demand to refrain from moving between prefectures, which is a regional administrative unit.
However, it is reported that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to respond to actual emergencies by holding an expert meeting on the 19th, raising the level of infection in the province to the highest level among the four stages (determining the spread infection) and requesting a reduction in the restaurant’s opening hours.
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