China News Service, April 10, according to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, at 2 p.m. local time on the 10th, the Tokyo Governor of Japan, Yuriko Koike, held a press conference. At the meeting, she made clear that six industries including entertainment venues need to be temporarily closed And said that it will be officially implemented from the 11th.
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 in Tokyo. China News Service reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, Koike first stressed that "the number of patients diagnosed (number) is still at a high level, and the serious situation of infection outbreaks has not changed." Later, she said, "It will require entertainment venues, universities and cram schools, sports venues, theaters and other assembly and exhibition institutions and commercial institutions to suspend business."
Regarding the business hours of the catering industry, Koike said that they will be required to control their business hours to "five to eight", and they will also be required not to sell alcohol after 7 o'clock.
Koike added, "Medical facilities, sales of necessities, and other industries that maintain social life will in principle continue to operate, but I will ask them to cooperate in epidemic prevention measures."
Finally, Koike said, "All these countermeasures will be implemented from 0:00 on the 11th."
As of 12:00 noon on the 10th local time, the cumulative number of newly diagnosed cases of Japanese new pneumonia was 5,556, of which the most were in Tokyo, reaching 1,519.