After the Tokyo Olympics closed, the spread of the new crown epidemic in Japan has accelerated.

On August 12, local time, the Japanese government announced that the number of new infections nationwide reached 18,822, a new high since the outbreak. On the same day, the number of new infections in Tokyo reached 4,989, becoming the second highest number of new infections in a single day.

At the epidemic monitoring meeting held in Tokyo on the 12th, experts pointed out that "the spread of the Tokyo epidemic is out of control."

(Produced by Le Xiaomin)

Editor in charge: [Sun Jingbo]