Small and mediumsized comompans affected by the antivirus measures. They condition receive up to 2 million yen, or about 19,000 if their monthly revenue has dropped more than 50 compared to last year. About half a million companies, Business Owners and freelancers had applied for the subsidy as of thursday. Around 23,000 of them received the money on friday. Translator i really appreciate it because this gives me some time to think about what to do nenext. But im a afraid the money won last long. If the Current Situation continues, i hope i can get more financial help. The government is also providing all residents with cash handouts of about 940. The whole country is under a state of emergency until the end of may. But government officials plan to hear from experts every week as they consider when to lift that measure in each prefecture. Translator we are particularly focused on how the number of new cases has decreased over the last two weeks. In other words, the weekly trends. Some
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
The statistic is causing alarm among front line workers. We a are risisking our own hh by taking care of patients. I feel our medical system is collapsing already. In southwestern japan, the number of confirmed casases on cruise shihip currently docked a port in nagasaki is over 90. So far about half of the 623 crew members of the cruise ship hahave been tested. No passengerss are aboard a as ship was undergoing repairirs. One manan in his 40s is in seris conditions. There are now over 12,700 confirmed cases in japan. An additional 700 have been linked to the diamond princess which was quarantined near tokyo earlier this year. A total of 344 people have died, including 13 from the diamond princecess. Ofofficials in osaka said a hospital instructed two nurses to keep working even after they tested positive for coronavirus. The officials learned of this in a tweet containing the allegation against osakas namihaya rehabilitation hospital. The Officials Say the two nurses were confirmed to
Infected will bebe quarantinine ththe shipp a and monitorored. Crews members who test negative will be asked to return to their home country, if possible. Doctors in the region have raised concerns hospitals could be overwhelmed if the number of cases rises. In february, the diamond princess cruise ship was the center of another outbreak. It docked at a port just outside tokyo. More than 700 people tested positive and 13 people died. At the time, it was the largest clusterr infecection outside ch. Officials say more than 260 additional cases were reported across the country on thursday. Half of them came from totokyo. The total number of confirmed casess in japapan is now over 12,0,000. More than 300 people have died. Among them is a man in his 50s. He initially exhibited mild symptoms, but his condition worsened while waiting to be hospitalized. Translalator healthh offici talked to the vicictim and prprepared f for his hospital v, but t the following day, his conditioion worsened, an
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