Medical groups issue 'state of emergency' for Hokkaido as virus cases surge

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Medical groups issue 'state of emergency' for Hokkaido as virus cases surge
The Mainichi
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Kiyoshi Nagase, chairman of the Hokkaido Medical Association, is seen in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Dec. 14, 2020. The association issued a "medical state of emergency" over the coronavirus for the northernmost prefecture. (Mainichi/Junichi Tsuchiya)
SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido Medical Association and other organizations jointly declared their own "state of medical emergency" for Japan's northernmost prefecture, saying that the health care system is already falling apart in some areas of the region due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
At a hastily arranged press conference in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Dec. 14, Kiyoshi Nagase, chairman of the Hokkaido Medical Association, slammed the central government for its delayed decision to temporarily halt the "Go To Travel" domestic tourism subsidy program nationwide amid spiking infection numbers across the country.

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