{"id":103782,"date":"2021-01-02T12:34:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T12:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=103782"},"modified":"2021-01-02T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T12:34:15","slug":"japan-to-consider-new-covid-19-emergency-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/japan-to-consider-new-covid-19-emergency-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan to consider new COVID-19 emergency declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Year-end shoppers wearing protective face masks are reflected on mirrors at a shopping and amusement district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan December 31, 2020. REUTERS\/Issei Kato\/File Photo<\/figcaption><p>TOKYO (Reuters) &#8211; Japan will consider issuing a new emergency declaration after governors in the capital region urged action to tackle a record surge in COVID-19 cases, the head of the nation\u2019s pandemic response said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The government needs to consult with health experts before deciding on a new declaration, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters after a meeting with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and leaders from three neighbouring prefectures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe national government and the three governors shared the view that the situation in the Tokyo area is getting more severe such that an emergency declaration may be necessary,\u201d Nishimura said.<\/p>\n<p>As an interim measure, restaurants and karaoke parlors in the Tokyo area would be asked to close at 8 p.m., while businesses that serve alcohol should close at 7 p.m., he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has resisted calls to reinstate a national state of emergency, which the government had introduced in April during an earlier wave of the pandemic. Suga is next scheduled to speak publicly on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n<p>It relied on voluntary business closures and travel restrictions rather than the sort of rigid lockdown measures seen in parts of Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo raised its COVID-19 alert level to its highest measure on Dec. 17. New infections in the capital hit a record 1,337 on Dec. 31, and on Saturday numbered 814. A nationwide record was also set on Dec. 31 with 4,520 new cases.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in COVID-19 cases is compounding a seasonal increase in hospitalisations, said Fumie Sakamoto, infection control manager at St Luke\u2019s International Hospital in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Japanese government has not done a great deal to control the infection,\u201d Sakamoto said. \u201cI would expect the (infection) numbers will get bigger in the coming days, and the emergency declaration should have come earlier, probably during December or November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/health-coronavirus-japan-emergency-gover\/japan-to-consider-new-covid-19-emergency-declaration-idUSKBN29707L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Year-end shoppers wearing protective face masks are reflected on mirrors at a shopping and amusement district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":103781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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