Regarding the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, Yoichi Takahashi, Special Advisor to the Cabinet, posted on Twitter that "Japan is about this level of'ripples'."

Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said he would refrain from commenting and expressed his intention to take measures with the highest priority on protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people.

Yoichi Takahashi, Special Advisor to the Cabinet, posted on his Twitter account on the 9th, along with a graph of the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in each country, saying, "Japan is about this level of'ripples'. did.

Regarding this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said at a press conference in the morning, "The government will refrain from commenting on individual thoughts and disseminations one by one."



On top of that, "The government has given top priority to protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people, and has taken necessary measures while always thinking about the impact on people's lives and behavior. I want to work on it. "