#More than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in a single day, #Thursday in #Tokyo, which is a new record for the #Japanese capital. #Authorities are still compiling the figures for #Thursday, city governor #Yuriko #Koike said in a press conference, noting that the toll will be “over 1,000 and will reach around 1,300 people.”
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#Tokyo: new record for #Covid-19 contamination
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The coronavirus continues to spread and “the situation is extremely serious”, she lamented, believing that the city is going through “a very serious and crucial phase”, where an explosion of infections can occur “at any time” .
#Ms #Koike stressed that if the situation continues to deteriorate, the metropolitan government “will have no other choice” but to ask #Prime #Minister #Yoshihide #Suga to declare a state of emergency.
#For his part, #Mr. #Suga, called an emergency ministerial meeting to deal with the health situation, while the minister in charge of the fight against the coronavirus, #Yasutoshi #Nishimura, noted in a video message that “the medical system will not be able to survive “.
#With less than 3,500 deaths since it declared its first case in #January 2020, #Japan has been comparatively unaffected compared to other countries around the world.
#Furthermore, although the government declared a state of emergency in the spring, asking businesses and schools to close and residents to stay at home, the #Asian country successfully avoided resorting to severe restriction measures until. ‘now.
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