China News Service, May 27. According to the "Central News Agency" report, currently there are 10 prefectures and prefectures in Japan applying the "Declaration of Emergency Situations", but with the exception of Okinawa prefectures which were incorporated later, the epidemic situation in 9 places has not improved significantly.
The Japanese government decided on the 27th to postpone the cancellation of the declaration from May 31 to June 20 in principle. The government will consult the expert group on May 28 and publish the final plan.
On April 23, local time, the Japanese government’s third emergency declaration was broadcast on a big screen on the streets of Tokyo, Japan.
According to reports, the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in Japan has spread, excluding Okinawa prefectures that were later included, and the nine prefectures and prefectures where the emergency has been implemented for a period of time have not seen any significant improvement.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was at the Prime Minister’s residence for two consecutive days, with the Minister of Economic Regeneration in charge of epidemic prevention Yasuhiro Nishimura, and Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kenhisa Tamura and others to discuss epidemic prevention measures.
The result of the consultation is that the Japanese government will in principle extend the ban on the "Declaration of Emergency Situations" in 9 prefectures from May 31 to June 20, and has notified the ruling party of the result.
In addition, the five counties that will also lift "key measures to prevent spreading" on May 31 will also be extended to June 20 simultaneously in principle.
The report pointed out that the Japanese government will hold a committee meeting composed of experts on the morning of the 28th to consult experts, and then hold a meeting of the Headquarters for Epidemic Prevention and Control to make a formal decision.