The government continued the emergency until the end of may
Japan extended until the end of may the state of emergency imposed over the outbreak of coronavirus.
The decision of the government of the country. At the same time, the authorities said that the restrictions might loosen, but with the preservation of preventive measures. The Prime Minister urged the Japanese to continue to pursue a social distance. A state of emergency because of the coronavirus was introduced in mid-April.
“At the moment we are still seeing a significant number of new infections and the number of infected people not yet sufficiently decreased. There are areas where medical institutions are still the influx of patients. And so experts say that we need to continue these measures,” – said the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe.
According to the latest information in Japan coronavirus infected 15 of 253 people, 556 people died.
Earlier “Today” told about how the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2020, which was held in Tokyo, postponed to next summer in connection with the pandemic coronavirus.
At the same time, we wrote that the world is gradually coming out of isolation, and even tourists buying tours to the Chinese city of Wuhan.