Japan has over 800,000 confirmed cases of new crown
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 1 (Reporter Hua Yi) According to the statistics of the Japan Broadcasting Association TV station, as of 20:00 on July 1 (19:00 Beijing time), 1754 new cases of new crown were confirmed in Japan, and a total of 801,553 cases were newly confirmed; There were 24 deaths and a total of 14808 deaths.
Recently, the epidemic situation in Tokyo showed a rebound trend. On June 30, the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day exceeded 700 again after a lapse of about one month, and 673 new cases were confirmed on July 1.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, as of June 30, Japan had received approximately 44.9 million doses of the new crown vaccine.
As of June 18, Japan has reported a total of 356 deaths after vaccination, but there have been no reports of deaths directly related to vaccination.
The state of emergency was lifted in Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture from June 21. At present, only Okinawa Prefecture in Japan continues to implement the state of emergency until July 11.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga stated on July 1 that if the epidemic worsens again during the Tokyo Olympics and a state of emergency has to be declared, it will not rule out the possibility of empty venues.
However, he emphasized that relevant decisions will be made by the Japanese government and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and other five parties.
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee recently announced that each game of the Tokyo Olympics will allow up to 10,000 local spectators to enter the stadium, and the number of spectators in the stadium does not exceed 50% of the stadium’s capacity, but students who have the opportunity to enter the stadium at a low price Etc. are not included.