China News Service, May 28. According to the "Central News Agency", as of May 22 local time, Kitakyushu City has had no new infections for more than 3 weeks, but in 5 days from 23 to 27, Kitakyushu City was new. An increase of 22 cases of infection has made the Kitakyushu City Government remain strongly vigilant of the possibility of a “second wave of infection”.
In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the Kitakyushu government decided to close 43 public facilities, including Kokura Castle, which reopened on the 26th, and closed temporarily from May 28 to June 18. It also called on the public to avoid all unnecessary Go out.
On May 22, local time, visitors to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan. On May 21, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the lifting of the state of emergency in the Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, and Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region.
According to reports, one of the judgment criteria for the Japanese government to lift the "emergency declaration" on the 25th is that the number of new cases per 100,000 people in the latest week is less than 0.5, but in the week of the 27th, this number in Kitakyushu City Has been increased to 2.3. If the infection continues, Kitakyushu City is likely to be released again with a "Declaration of Emergency Situations", which urgently needs countermeasures to stop the spread of the epidemic.
The report pointed out that Kitakyushu City newly added 8 confirmed cases on a single day on the 27th, and half of them could not grasp the source of the infection. As a total of 22 people have been diagnosed in the past 5 days, of which 17 cases were unable to grasp the source of infection, the Japanese government has sent the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Group Infection Response Team to the local area to assist in understanding the route of infection.
Kitajuku City mayor Kenji Kitashi said that although he is currently standing at the entrance of the "second wave of infection", he must avoid entering the "second wave of infection" anyway.