China News Service, April 13th. According to Kyodo News Agency of Japan, a relevant person in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, said that the number of confirmed new crown virus infections on the 13th in the local area exceeded 1,000.
This is the first time that the number of people newly added in a single day exceeds 1,000, setting a record high.
Osaka Prefecture has applied the “key measures such as the prevention of spread” based on the revised Special Measures Law to respond to the new crown epidemic from the 5th, but the trend of a rapid increase in the number of infected people continues.
The governor of Osaka Prefecture Yoshimura Hirofumi made it clear to the media: "The effects of key measures will not show up until next week. If the effects are not sufficient, the government will be required to issue an emergency declaration." He also revealed that the measures taken at the time of the declaration will take into account restaurants and other Coordinating with the central government in the direction of requiring "closure of business", this measure is more stringent than the current requirements for shortening business hours.
On January 7, local time, in Tokyo, Japan, a passerby passed by an empty outdoor restaurant.
The number of new coronavirus infections in Osaka Prefecture exceeded 900 for the first time on the 8th, and the number of severely ill patients was 218 as of the 12th.
The occupancy rate of intensive care beds guaranteed by Osaka Prefecture is over 90%, and the medical system is getting worse.
Osaka Prefecture has issued a notice to medical institutions requesting to avoid non-urgent hospitalizations and operations.
According to statistics from Osaka Prefecture, the number of newly infected people and the utilization rate of hospital beds have reached the fourth stage of the government’s release of the emergency declaration standard, which is the stage of the outbreak of the epidemic.