China News Service, July 15th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of 9 pm local time on the 15th, Japan has added 449 new cases of confirmed crowns on that day. Since the national emergency was lifted, a single day of new diagnoses has been added. New highs in cases.
Data Map: The streets of Shibuya, Tokyo under the epidemic. China News Service reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, up to now, Japan has a total of 28 new cases in the prefectures on the 15th, including 165 new cases in Tokyo. In view of the continued deterioration of the epidemic situation, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government basically decided on the 15th that it will raise the four-stage indicators of the new crown epidemic situation to the highest level.
The report said that Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike held a press conference on the afternoon of the 15th local time and issued an "infection expansion alert" at the meeting. Koike said, "Now it is time to issue an "infection expansion alert"," she said. At the same time, based on the New Crown Outbreak Special Measures Law, the people of Tokyo are called upon to cooperate with relevant businesses to jointly prevent and control the outbreak.
Specifically, Koike asked Tokyo citizens to avoid spending at stores with incomplete epidemic prevention measures and not to leave Tokyo unless necessary. At the same time, she also requested relevant businesses to take good measures to prevent staff from taking temperature measures and disinfecting stores.
In addition, although the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has not yet issued a suspension request to some industries, Koike revealed that if the epidemic continues to spread, it will consider asking the central government to revise the relevant laws and regulations so that it can punish shops that do not comply with the suspension requirements.
Japan’s new crown epidemic occurred in January. Since the end of March, the infection has been expanding. The Japanese government declared a state of emergency on April 16. After the epidemic situation stabilized, the Japanese government announced the lifting of the state of emergency nationwide on May 25. However, since mid-June, Japan's epidemic situation has rebounded. At present, the cumulative number of diagnoses in Japan has exceeded 23,000.