Reduce the burden on medical inststitutioions and to prproter health. A abe declared a state of emergency for tokyo and six otheher prefecectures two weeks but expanded the declaration to the entire countntry last week. Since then the number of people venturing outside has dropped but t some Tourist Spots contin to be packed with visitors, including the city of kamakura, its a seaside town located just outside tokyo. Abe says its important to reduce the trend, especially with the string of holidays set to start next week. The minister in chaharge of coronavirus measures says h he wants the companies to abide by the governments request to shutter their doors. Translator weve received multiple reports that some businesses are not following the request. There are also cases of people traveling to other prefectures to visit facilities that are still open. Japan does not have laws to force businesses to close, but nishimura says he may disclose the names of businesses that do not follow the
Europe appear to be stable or declining but he expressed concern that africa and central and south america are seeing upward trends though the numbers are low at this stage. The executive director of the w. H. O. Heaealth Emergencies Program michael ryan highlighted the potential for catastrophe if the virus spreads in countries with weakk medical systems. He said the w. H. O. Has seen an increase of 250 to 300 in just one week, alone, in some african nations. He said we are at the beginning in africa. Data compiled by u. S. Universities show the number of confirmed Coronavirus Infections has topped 2. 6 million worldwide. Johns Hopkins University says the death toll has now exceeded 182,000. The United States has the most fatalities at over 45,000. The governor of new york state has announced plans to launch a largescale program aiming to trace the contacts of people infected with the coronavirus. Once you trace and find more positives, then you isolate the positives. Theyre under qua
Princess cruise ship, which is ququarantinedd in y yokohamama februauary. Meanwhile, Health Officials say more than 1,800 people have recovered and been discharged from hospital. The number of people heading out in japans major cities dropped on the first sunday since the state of emergency was extended nationwide, but the decrease differed from area to area. Cell phone carrier ntt docomo released data based on the movement of its users without identifying them. The dadata shows that as of suny afternoon, the number of people out in major areas of tokyo and six other prefectures was down at least 70 from before the pandemic. The state of emergency was initially declared for those seven prefectures. Outings decreased most in areas around osakas umeda district falling nearly 87 . Numbers also plunged in most regions where the state of emergency only kicked in last week. People out in places around nagano station and kanazawa station in ishikawa prefecture dropped more than 70 , but figur
Effect for 3 weeks. The capital saw the number of daily confirmed cases drop below 100 for two days in a row with 72 cases on sundayy and 39 on monday. But government Officials Say the number of cases reported on weekends and mondays tends to be lower. Prime minister abe shinzo t tola meeting of senior officials from his governing liberal Democratic Party on monday that the pace of infections seems to be slowing, but he says hes still not optimistic. Abe said he will continue to ask people to refrain from nonessential t travel durining spring holidays through may 6th. Nearly 4,000 people have tested positive in the capital so far. The increase comes as local governments urged people to stay home amid a nationwide state of emergency. Data from mobile carrier ntt suggests those measures are having an impact. On sunday the number of people in tokyos shopping and entertainment hub of shinjuku was down 82 compared to earlier this year. And in osakas district the number of people fell 88 , a
Symptotoms causese by the coronaviruss including a a temperature and a cough. On monday evening the Prime Ministers Office announced that on the advice of his medical team he had been moved to the hospitals intensive c care uni. Johnson has asked foreign secretary to deputize for him when necessary. The department of m ministrys in safe hands and the focus of the g government will continue be on making sure the Prime Ministers direction. Johnson tested positive for the virus on march 27th. Earlier on monday he wrote on twitter that he was in good spirits and keeping in touch with his team. He also thanked the National Health service for taking care of him and other patients adding you are the best of britain. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said hes hiking penalties for anyone failing to comply with social distancing rules in the state, which has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pan demmi neyork h has more than 1 130,0 caseshihich aountntsor nrlyy 40 of the counyys totals. So far