Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has because of Corona crisis A state of emergency was imposed in seven regions of the country, including the metropolitan region Tokyo. The news agencies Reuters and AP report. The measure is due to come into force on Wednesday and will initially apply for one month.
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“We decided to impose a state of emergency because we believe that the rapid spread of the coronavirus across the country would have a huge impact on our lives and the economy,” said Abe. His goal was to limit people’s movement by 70 to 80 percent. So you could have reached the peak of the spread of the virus in two weeks.
No hard isolation like in France or Italy
In addition to Tokyo, the three neighboring provinces are Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama as well as Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka. The state of emergency allows the authorities to instruct citizens to stay in their homes and to order the closure of schools and other facilities. However, this is not a hard isolation like in Italy or France. Citizens cannot be prosecuted for non-compliance, nor can companies be forced to close.
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Despite the geographical proximity to China, the country of origin of the pandemic, were in Japan according to Johns Hopkins University So far, just under 4,000 infections and 92 deaths due to Covid-19 have been registered. However, the number of cases has almost doubled in the past week. In addition there are many indications of thisthat significantly more people are ill than the official statistics show.
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