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Japan cannot bear it Tokyo asks the government to declare a state of emergency.
Date January 02, 2021 at 10:03
Tokyo announces a new state of emergency as more people are infected with COVID-19.
The Nikkei newspaper reported that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government would ask the government to declare a new state of emergency in response to another severe outbreak of COVID-19 in the Japanese capital.
Nikkei, citing various sources, said that Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will meet with Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday afternoon to present the petition.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga disagreed with the declaration of a state of emergency, which the government announced in April, in the early stages of the pandemic last year. And canceled on May 25
But more recently, people with COVID. -19 new cases in Tokyo reached 1,337 on December 31
Initially, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government requested that restaurants and other establishments The hours of operation were reduced and closed at 22:00, but this measure did not have a significant effect on controlling the outbreak. And now officials have decided to ask the government to issue a statement to take stricter measures.
Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP
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