China News Service, April 9 (Xinhua) According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, as of 5:50 pm local time on the 9th, 320 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were reported in Japan, with a total of 5292 confirmed cases and cumulative deaths. There were 106 cases.
According to reports, on the 9th of Tokyo, 181 new cases of new pneumonia were confirmed, with a total of 1519 infections. The number of new cases in a single day was the highest since the outbreak.
Recently, as the number of people diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in Tokyo, Japan has increased, the number of people going out has decreased. The picture shows people wearing masks at a station in Tokyo. China News Service reporter Lu Shaowei
In view of the rapid spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued the "emergency" on April 7 based on the "Special Measures Law" to seven prefectures including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka. Declaration of State. "
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, as of April 8, all new coronavirus nucleic acid testing institutions, including government system research institutes, health centers, universities, and private testing companies, can test up to about 12,000 samples per day. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare stated that it will give full play to the government's emergency economic measures and other measures, and provide assistance to the introduction of equipment by testing institutions in order to expand the nucleic acid detection capacity to 20,000 samples per day.