China News Service, July 29. According to Kyodo News Agency of Japan, the Japanese government began on the 28th to discuss the three counties of Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa in the metropolitan area where the number of new crown infections 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.

Data map: People are walking on the streets of Tokyo with a strong Olympic atmosphere.

  According to reports, for other parts of Japan, the government will continue to observe the epidemic.

The governors of the 3 prefectures in the metropolitan area will hold consultations on the 29th. If a consensus can be reached, they plan to request the government to issue a declaration on the earliest day.

  The three counties currently apply the “key measures such as the prevention of spread” in the previous stage of the declaration, but the total number of new infections on the 28th reached 2,498, a record high.

  On the evening of the 28th, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga discussed the epidemic at the official residence and economic regeneration director Yasushimura Sonishimura and Kenhisa Aidanura.

  The number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections in Japan on the 28th 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 infectious 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.