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Covid-19: Tokyo imposes restrictions on rise in infections

2020-11-26T05:33:20.858Z


Tokyo urged residents to avoid non-essential outings on Wednesday, November 25, and asked shops serving alcohol to close earlier as the number of coronavirus infections soars in Japan. Read also: Covid-19: Japan on "maximum alert" after a record number of cases The country has so far been relatively spared from the Covid-19 pandemic - with just over 2,000 deaths and 135,400 infections, according


Tokyo urged residents to avoid non-essential outings on Wednesday, November 25, and asked shops serving alcohol to close earlier as the number of coronavirus infections soars in Japan.

Read also: Covid-19: Japan on "maximum alert" after a record number of cases

The country has so far been relatively spared from the Covid-19 pandemic - with just over 2,000 deaths and 135,400 infections, according to official figures - and it has not imposed the containment measures seen elsewhere.

But he now faces a record number of daily infections.

"

I would like to ask the people of Tokyo to avoid unnecessary outings as much as possible, to prevent an increase in the number of infections,

" Governor of the capital Yuriko Koike said at a press conference.

Ms. Koike also called on the population to adopt telework.

None of these calls, however, are binding.

Even the state of emergency declared in the spring during the first peak of infections has not sanctioned residents who defied calls to stay at home or establishments that refused to close their doors.

The governor also asked establishments serving alcohol, including karaoke bars, to close their doors at 10 p.m. from Saturday, for a period of three weeks.

Those who do this will be able to benefit from aid.

The Japanese medical association also warned Wednesday that "

the health system was in danger of collapsing across the country

."

"

If the number of infections increases rapidly, we will not have (enough, editor's note) beds for coronavirus patients and others,

" said its president, Toshio Nakagawa.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said last week that Japan was on "high

alert

" to the coronavirus and his government was forced to back down on a controversial campaign to encourage domestic tourism.

Mr. Suga initially insisted that he would not scale down this so-called “

Go To

campaign

, but subsequently allowed each region to choose not to participate.

The cities of Osaka and Sapporo, which were particularly affected, were thus excluded from the program.

Source: lefigaro

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