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Japan, which has an increasing number of corona patients, has just issued an emergency situation in four regions including Tokyo.

This is the second time after April last year.

Let's connect Tokyo right away.



Correspondent Yoo Seong-jae, it would mean that it is so serious that the emergency was issued again. How many confirmed cases are there in Japan now?



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Yes, today (7th), the number of new infections in Tokyo exceeded 2,400 and 7,400 across Japan, the highest ever.



It seems that the number of patients is increasing explosively, but it seems that they have decided that the issuance of the emergency cannot be delayed any longer.



Listen to Prime Minister Suga's announcement.



[Suga / Prime Minister of Japan: In order to stop further infection spread and turn infection into a decreasing trend, we have decided to



declare an emergency situation

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The area where the emergency was declared in Tokyo and the surrounding three prefectures, from tomorrow to next month 7 For a month until work.



Residents were asked to refrain from going out after 8 p.m., and the closing time of restaurants and karaoke bars was also decided to be increased by 2 hours to 8 p.m.



Businesses with shortened sales are compensated for 60,000 yen a day and about 620,000 won in our money.



However, unlike when the first emergency was issued last year, there is no request for school closure this time, and there are concerns that this is not enough for large-scale events such as sports events, as it has decided to limit the number of people.



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It is still January, but if this trend continues, will there be any impact on the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July?



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Experts are analyzing that if the movement between regions is not more actively prevented, the number of new infections per day in Tokyo will not fall below 1,000 after a month.



The possibility of further extension of the emergency situation in the metropolitan area or expansion to other regions cannot be ruled out, so it seems clear that the Olympics with less than 200 days left are becoming increasingly dark.



In an interview with Japan's NTV today, Dick Pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said that it is necessary to decide whether to hold the event until May or June.



(Video coverage: Han Cheol-min, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)