China News Service, January 9. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, on the 8th, there were 8,480 new confirmed cases of the new crown across Japan.
In view of the rapid rebound of the epidemic, the three prefectures of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima entered a state of quasi-emergency at 0:00 local time on the 9th.
Data map: Japan under the epidemic.
According to reports, among the newly confirmed cases on the 8th, Okinawa Prefecture has the most cases, reaching 1,759 cases. Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture are the second and third, with 1,224 and 891 cases, respectively.
In addition, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, and Kanagawa prefectures have exceeded 100 cases.
Among them, Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima prefectures have implemented "spread prevention measures" that are regarded as quasi-emergency states from 0:00 on the 9th, and are scheduled to end at the end of January.
According to this measure, the three counties will shorten the business hours of the catering industry, and will also cooperate in publishing the preparation status of isolation institutions and ensuring the completeness of the medical system.
According to previous reports, the recent surge in Japan's epidemic was mainly affected by the Omicron strain.
Especially in the three counties where the quasi-emergency state has been implemented, there are US military bases. The governors of the three counties believe that the surge in local cases is related to the spread of the US military base Omicron strain.
Okinawa Prefecture Governor Danny Tamaki said military garrison facilities were "no doubt" one of the main reasons for the spread of the epidemic.
In order to prevent the spread of the Omicron strain, Japan will ban most foreigners from entering the country from the end of November 2021.
However, the US military stationed in Japan follows another set of relatively loose entry testing and isolation measures, which has become a major loophole in Japan's epidemic prevention chain.