Further rising corona numbers: Japan extends emergency

Olympic host Japan has extended the emergency to eight further prefectures in the face of unstoppable rising corona numbers.

On Wednesday, the brand of 14,000 new infections had been exceeded, the Olympic city of Tokyo reported on Thursday 5042 cases - both record values ​​since the outbreak of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. Tokyo has been in the emergency since the beginning of July and at least until 31 August.

"The infections spread at a speed that we have never experienced before," said Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday at a meeting of the virus taskforce: "With the rapid increase in cases, the number of patients increases in a serious condition. "

Japan's virus outbreak was relatively glimated with around 15,000 deaths and without hard blocking measures, but only about one third of the population has been completely vaccinated so far.

"At that time, we really have to take other measures to meet this situation," warned Health expert Koji Wada, Professor at the Japanese International University of Health and Welfare.

The endurance Olympic summer games will take place in parallel with no viewers. The organizers of the games have reported positive cases in active, employees, official and media since 1 July, 31 new infections have been announced on Thursday, this is a daily highway since the beginning of the acquisition five weeks ago.

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