China News Service, May 13 (Xinhua) According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, on the 13th, the Japanese government decided to release the emergency state in 39 counties of the country in advance, and 8 prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka have not been included in the cancellation. List.
On May 4, local time, pedestrians walked past the Olympic countdown electronic screen near Tokyo Station in Japan. On the same day, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at the New Corona Virus Infection Countermeasures Headquarters meeting that the deadline for the "Emergency Declaration" for the entire country was extended to May 31. China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, the Japanese government decided to lift the state of emergency for 39 counties in the country based on the infection situation in the past week or two, including five "special warning prefectures" in Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Gifu, Aichi and Fukuoka. "area.
The report said that the Japanese government will seek the opinions of infectious disease and economic experts on the above-mentioned decision at the "Government Advisory Committee" scheduled for the 14th, and formally announce it at the New Crown Outbreak Response Headquarters.
However, the list of eight prefectures including Tokyo, Osaka and Hokkaido is not included in the list of early emergency releases, because there are still a considerable number of new infections in these areas every day. Regarding the release time of these 8 places, the Japanese government plans to discuss again on the 21st.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on 7 April that 7 prefectures including Tokyo were in a state of emergency, and expanded the scope of application to all of Japan on 16 April. At the same time, 13 infections such as Tokyo and Osaka were more serious. The area is designated as "Special Alert Prefecture". On May 4, in view of the fact that the epidemic was not clearly controlled, Abe announced an extension of the state of emergency until May 31.