Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as possible. The death toll continues to rise in japan. Over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. In the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. Translator basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. I think december and january are really crucial times. Japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. Over 2,300 people have died. Prime minister suga i sho
Highest since the nationwide state of emergency was lifted in may. About 40 of tokyo hospital beds allocated for serious covid19 cases are now occupied, and experts warn the recent increase is straining the medical system. Translator Emergency Care centers will be busiest in december and january. It will affect the capacity for handling ordinary emerncy patients. In some cases, they could fall into lifethreatening conditions. Tokyo offials have asked bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to close early starting this weekend authorities in osaka, sapporo and nagoya are making the same request. The Prime Minister is urging people to take basic precautions, such as weari masks, washing hands, and avoiding the three cs closed spaces, crowded places, and closecontact settings. The Central Government says the next three weeks are crucial. It wants to avoid reaching the highest alert level, which could lead to declaring a state of emergency again. Over 143,000 people have been infected sinc
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Tech stocks taking a pause this morning. No love for the electric vehicles this week, either then there is the tech eco systems. A new Software Brand storming the castle of apples app store. Huge announcements ahead as besos and Company Refresh their Consumer Device lineup what to expect from alexa and amazons ai. Well have that here on squawk alley. Were going to begin this morning with that story on the Apple App Store challenge as Companies Like spotify, epic games, and match group join together to create a coalition for app fairness casey newton of the verge for now, at least, joins us this morning fresh off of announcing he will start his own newsletter called platformer. Give us a little preview, and congratulations, its almost like a labor union that these companies are forming to take on apple. Do you think it will work . I think it has a better chance of working than anything else we have seen in this regard to date. I think their analogy is a good one, right apple really is m