75 of the total. The number of people out and about in the capital has been increasing since the state of emergency was lifted on may 25th. Experts say the figure means there are cluster infections that are not easily visible. They say careful judgment must be made on whether the clusters will develop into a second wave of infections. Meanwhile, the number of cases has been rising sharply at airport quarantine among people arriving in japan. The Health Ministry says 131 people were confirmed to have the coronavirus at airport quarantine stations from may 25th to wednesday. The number is about four times the figure for the month ahead of the lifting. Over 70 of those who tested positive were foreign nationals. Experts suspect the lifting of the state of emergency may have led to the rise. Narita airport has increased the number of staff at its quarantine counters to deal with the situation. Translator the entry of infected people or any other risk f factors for cluster infections must b
Officials in beijing say the plan would allow intelligence agencies from the mainland to set up in the territory if needed. But many of the specifics remain unclear. The proposal has brought thousands of protesters into the streets of hong kong again after months of relative calm due to the coronavirus. Concerns are spreading that the proposed legislation would undermine the territorys autonomy. On thursday, one of the leaders of the prodemocracy movement is called on residents to stand up and fight back. I think now is the time we will continue our International Advocacy and seek for bipartisan support. The plan has also provoked international critism, esespeciallyly from the u. S. President donaldld trump has sa he plans to o take action in th coming days. Americican officiaials have als called for the u. N. Security council to meet over the issue. Tensions between the u. S. And china were further inflamed wednesday over the issue of uighurs. The u. S. House of representatives passed
Its proposed conditions to the government on thursday morning. Later, participants, including cabinet ministers will discuss whether it is appropriate to lift the emergency state for the region. Prime minister shinzo abe will make an announcement in the evening. 39 prefectures are expected to have restrictions lifted, including five of the 13 prefectures under special alert. Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures were among the first to introduce stay at home measures and will almost certainly see those continue. An early draft of the governments plan suggests criteria for reopening. It says prefectures will need to have reported fewer than 0. 5 infections per 100,000 people within the most recent week. That means tokyo, for example, would need to see a drop to fewer than 70 new cases a week. The minister in charge of japans Coronavirus Response says even prefectctures with lor infection rates must keep at least some antivirus measures in place. Translator there could be further outbrea
A nation that is bracing for an historic Unemployment Rate because essentially all of the jobs that we saw it really added to the u. S. Economy in the last decade have now been wiped out socially a 20 percent Unemployment Rate and you have to remember thats astonishing given the fact that it was just weeks ago 3. 5 percent previously which was a 50 year low. In other news the u. S. Is reportedly removing Patriot Missile systems and other military assets from saudi arabia as it winds down a military build up that began as tensions with iran flared last year this is all according to the wall street journal which says among the facilities affected will be Saudi Oil Installations u. S. Deployed more assets there after an attack on saudi aramco plants last september dozens of u. S. Military personnel will also be reassigned. The u. S. Justice department has asked the judge to drop criminal charges against Donald Trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn it follows mounting press
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