China News Service, April 30. According to a report from the Japan Broadcasting Association on the 30th, a meeting of Japanese government experts recently agreed that the state of emergency that will expire on May 6 should be extended by one month.
After entering a state of emergency, the streets of Tokyo, Japan, were scarce.
According to reports, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on the 29th Senate Budget Committee that, given that the current epidemic situation is still very serious, it is difficult to declare "the state of emergency has ended" on May 6. In addition, at the National Governors Conference held in Japan that day, most governors, mainly in Tokyo, also asked the government to extend the state of emergency, hoping to extend it nationwide, on the grounds that if some areas are lifted, there may be movement Will cause the infection to expand further.
According to reports, according to relevant sources, the meeting of Japanese government experts has reached an agreement that "the state of emergency should be extended nationwide." The planned extension time is about one month. It is reported that the expert meeting will be held again on May 1, and it is expected that the number of infected persons and the medical system will be analyzed and used as a basis for judging whether to extend the emergency.
On April 7, Abe issued an emergency declaration to seven prefectures including Tokyo; on the 16th, he expanded the target area to all prefectures, with a deadline of May 6.
As of the evening of the 29th local time, the cumulative number of Japanese New Coronavirus infections was 14,119 and the death toll was 435.