On July 28, local time, the Japanese government began to discuss the three prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa in the metropolitan area where the number of people infected with the new crown has soared, and issued an emergency declaration.

A person from the Japanese government said that a decision is expected to be made at the government response headquarters meeting on the 30th at the earliest.

  On July 28, the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections in Japan exceeded 9,000, a record high. For the first time, the number of new confirmed cases of new crown virus in Tokyo exceeded 3,000. The highly contagious delta strain raged mainly in the metropolitan area.

Some people believe that during the Tokyo Olympics and the summer vacation, the movement of people has become frequent, and the number of infections will further increase.

(Producing Wang Jiayi)

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]