Monday, April 6, 2020
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC UPDATE Japan PM Abe to declare state of emergency as COVID19 cases surge
Japan's PM Abe to declare state of
emergency as COVID-19 cases surge
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to
declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus
outbreak in Japan, due to the recent surging COVID-19
cases in Tokyo and other large cities, government
sources said on Monday.
Pressure had been mounting on Abe to make the
declaration amid a surge in COVID-19 cases recently,
with calls for the move from Tokyo Governor Yuriko
Koike and the Japan Medical Association intensifying.
The Tokyo metropolitan government along with
healthcare specialists said the number of hospital beds
available for coronavirus patients will soon reach
capacity, with the health ministry desperately trying to
secure more.
Adding to pressure on the government to demonstrably
bolster its preventive and counter measures to the
spread of the virus, a panel of government experts
warned recently that the country's healthcare system
could collapse if coronavirus cases here continue to
spike.
As of Monday, more than 3,500 people have
tested positive and 85 have died from the novel
coronavirus in Japan, according to public broadcaster NHK
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