China News Service, January 22. According to a report from Japan's Fuji TV on the 22nd, currently 11 prefectures and counties in Japan are in a state of emergency due to the new crown epidemic and are scheduled to be lifted on February 7.
However, given that the situation of the epidemic has not improved significantly, the Japanese government may extend the state of emergency for another month.
Data map: Japan under the epidemic.
According to reports, although the Japanese government announced on January 8 and January 13 that the 1 capital and 3 counties in the metropolitan area and the 7 prefectures in Kansai and other places entered a state of emergency.
However, after about two weeks, the epidemic situation in Japan has not improved significantly.
The report quoted a person from the Japanese government as saying that although the state of emergency has a certain effect, the rate of reducing new confirmed cases is very slow, and the authorities are considering extending the state of emergency.
In addition, another cabinet member said, "Although the (cases) increase has been brought under control, there has been no significant decrease.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told a close person that if it is extended, it will "basically extend the time for about one month", but there are also senior government officials who said that "whether it needs to be extended will be judged based on the (epidemic) figures next week." .
As of January 21, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crowns in Japan has exceeded 350,000, with 4873 deaths.