China News Service, May 12 (Xinhua) According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of 9 p.m. local time on the 12th local time, Japan had 79 new coronavirus infections on that day, and the cumulative number had increased to 16,047. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said he plans to increase the number of antibody tests per month to 3,000.

On May 4th local time, a store in Tokyo, Japan, conducted a temperature test on customers entering the store. China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei

  According to reports, among the infected people across Japan, Tokyo has the highest number of infections, at 4,987. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told the media on the 12th that in order to investigate whether the people had been infected with the new crown virus before, the metropolitan government will increase antibody testing efforts to reach 3,000 per month after June.

  Koike previously said, "In the future, we will continue to carry out antibody testing and investigate the antibody retention rate in various places, which will be beneficial to prevent the expansion of infection."

  According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, its affiliated Institute of Medical Research plans to use an analyzer provided by a civil society for antibody detection. The amount of such an analyzer can reach up to 500 per day.