For the nextxt montth, we must whatever we can to reduce social contact by 800 . So in adddition to the rereques to r refrain from m nonessennti outings, we have decided to issue temporary facacility andd business closure requests. The list includes educational facilities, karaaoke bars,s, parlors, sports clubs, theaters, internet caves and game a arcad. Rerestaurantss and b bars willl askedd to close byby 8 00 p. P. M. Koioike says businesses that ae by the request will be eligible for financial aid. Essentially Services Like supermarkets, Public Transit and even hotels will remain open. The announcement comes three days after the Central Government declared a state of emergency for tokyo and six other prefectures, the governors of kanagowa, and osaka are considering requests to shut down businesses. Governors in other parts of the nation have declared an emergency on their own, and have asked the Central Government to extend itss declaration to thei prefectures. More than 5,900 peopl
Basic duty and must be held accountable. He says a review is now under way to assess the w. H. O. s role in promoting what he called chinas disinformation that might have led to the wider spread of the coronavirus. Now to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The International Monetary fund has drastically cut its growth forecast for the Global Economy. It warns that the world is likely to experience the worst recession since the great depression. The imf f predicts t the Global Economy will s shrink by 3 in 2020. Thats down sharply y from the 3. 3 expxpansion fororecasted i janunuary. The declinine would bebe far wo than 2009 in the aftermath of the financial crisis when the economy contracted by a fraction of a percent. The imf predicts the u. S. Economy will shrink by almost 6 . Japan is expected toto see a contraction of more than 5 . Chinas growth rate is likely to stay positive but just barely at a little over 1 . The figures for europe are equally dire. Italy is ex
The United States has the most cases with around 230,000. Followed by italy and spain. With just over 110,000 each. In new york state the epicenter of the out break in the u. S. The governor issued another plea for help. At the current burn rate, we have about six days of ventilators in the stockpile. Cuomo says without more of the devices, healthcare workers will be unable to save many people. Who are seriously ill. He expleszed concern that the number of patients could remain high through summer. Long after infections are expected to peak. They are growing hot spots in the country. In louisiana infections shot up to 40 to 90,000. They are setting up a Field Hospital in new orleans. It will have beds to accommodate patients. Its effecting the u. S. President ial election. The Democratic Party has postponed the National Convention until august. Due to coronavirus concerns. At the meeting the democrats will nominate a candidate for november president ial election. The party says it push
Weekdays. Though we understand that may not be possible depending on your line of work. We want people to refrain from going out at night. We also want residents to refrain from going out this weekend unless it is urgent. Koike said tokyo is now facing the risk of an explosive spread of infections. She called o on people coming bk from abroad to abide by the 14day selfquarantine rule. E. Five of the newly confirmed cases were people who recently returned from overseas. 11 others have been tied to a hospital where a nurse and a patient were confirmed infected on tuesday. Tokyo reportedd a Record Number of infections for three Straight Days through wednesday. 16 were confirmed on monday and 17 on tuesday. The increase prompted an expert on Infectious Diseases to call for more drastic measures to fight the virus. Translator over the past few days, people who returned from abroad to tokyo and other parts of japan have tested positive for the virus. If there is an explosive increase in the
Two weeks will be banned from entering japan until there are exceptional circumstances. The government will advise japanese citizens to avoid all nonessential travel abroad especially to countries named in the new measures. The Ruling Liberal Democratic Party has also put together a draft stimulus package to cope with the Economic Impact of the pandemic. It says that the measures are larger than those taken in japan during the 2008 financial crisis. It proposes about 20 trillion yen or about 186 billion in fiscal spending. It says the government should establish a system of subsidies totaling about 9. 3 billion to help small and mediumsized businesses as well as freelancers. The draft also says households that lose out on income should receive Financial Assistance based on their size, but it doesnt mention how much. The government plans to finalize the emergency stimulus package as early as next week. Japan and the World Health Organization will cooperate on the development of vaccicin