Confirmed in the capital. The japanese government says its monitoring the situation clososely. Translator the number of seriously ill patieients is decreasing. Analyzing other data around the infection, the situation does not meet the standard for the government to immediately declare a state of emergency again. The government attributes the rise partly to people who either work at or visit nighttime entertainment spots such as host or hostess bars. Over 19,000 cases have been confirmed across japan. The death toll stands at more than 970. Now the japanese governments Contact Tracing app is back up and running after a glitch was found afterer it was rolllled out in mid june. It is called covid19 contact confirming. It allows users who test positive to anonymously notify others theyve come into contact with. Users who contract the virus are supposed to upload a special number, but the numbers were stopped being issued when the glitch was found. Users need to update the app to the latest
Tokyo governor ckoike. A new task force has been if t they find there is a serio threat to Public Health or the economy they can declare emergencies for designated areas and times. If that happens, governors will be able to urge schools to close and limit the use of commercial facilities such as Department Stores and movie theaters. Residenc resident residents could also be askskedo stay at home. Still. The governor says now is not the time to declare a statement of emergency. Japan has more than 1400 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. That number does not include more than 700 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. 59 people have died, including ten from the cruise ship. More than 900 people have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals. Meanwhile, the tokyo metropolitan government says it may be on the verge of a surge of outbreak. S. Translator the capital is now at a critical overshoot phase where there may be a major spike. Each tokyo resident needs to be aware of
At the facts and to immediately cancel this policy. She also said seoul would take corresponding measures. The ambassador said he would urgently report the demand to tokyo. Japans new quarantine rules will also apply to china, including hong kong and macau. The measures will last until month end. The number of coronavirus cases in japan has now topped 1,000. About 700 are from the diamond princess cruise liner. 12 people have died, half of them from the ship. For more insight about how japan as decision is playing out in south korea and china earlier we spoke to kim chan ju in seoul and our report ner in beijing. Reporter japan is not the first country to place travel restrictions on people traveling from south korea. More than 100 countries and territories have introduced measures. But south Koreas Foreign Ministry is questioning why japan is only doing so now. One of president moon jaeins secretary of stat secretaries took a swipe at japan. Ive also been monitoring online reaction. S
Office says israel will not prevent humanitarian assistance from egypt as long as its only food, water, and medicine. Truckloads of supplies have been waiting for days to enter gaza at egypts rafah crossing. Biden says egypts president has agreed to open the crossing and allow 20 trucks through. Gaza residents have been left without power, clean water, and food since the fighting began. And a deadly blast on a hospital on tuesday has pushed the humanitarian situation to the brink. The World Health Organization says 25 medical facilities in gaza have been damaged in the past 11 days. Gaza Authorities Say at least 470 people were killed in the explosion, and it was caused by the israeli air strikes. Biden says u. S. Intelligence backs up israels assessment that a failed rocket launch by islamist militants was responsible. Russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is visiting poeng yong for the first time in five years. Hes meeting his north korean counter parts for talks expected to focus o
Women. An Indonesian National and one with a vietnamese passport. They can be seen in Surveillance Footage recorded at the airport. A local media report says that imams taken the previous day show what appears to be a group rehearsing the attack. It says two women and four men can be seen spraying liquid at each other. The report says Police Suspect they were testing airport security. The detained women have reportedly told police they were asked to appear in a prank video. Malaysian authorities have not released the results of an autopsy on kims body and a Police Official says theres been no request from kims family to hand over his remains. A japanese journalist who knew kim says he was critical of the way power is transferred in north korea. Translator he said the inheritance of power is counter to a socialist system. He also said a chinesestyle reform and opendoor policy is the only way north koreas economy can survive. Gomi says kim was brave enough to risk his life to criticize t