TOKYO, April 20 — Japanese medics are warning more must be done to prevent the coronavirus from overwhelming the country's healthcare system as confirmed cases passed 10,000, despite a nationwide state of emergency. Experts have been alarmed by a recent spike in Covid-19 infections, with hundreds...
People wear face masks at Shinagawa station during the rush hour, after the government expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country, in Tokyo, Japan April 20, 2020. — Reuters pic
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged residents to reduce contact with other people by 70 to 80 per cent, and the number of people on Tokyo's normally packed transport system has dropped significantly. Speaking at a press briefing today, Iwata said Japan's strategy of limited testing and intensive contact-tracing worked well in the initial phase of the local outbreak, when numbers were small.“We needed to prepare for once the situation changes, once the cluster-chasing became not effective and we needed to change strategy immediately,” he said.
The association has been increasing beds but with a large number of new cases coming in every day, “beds are being occupied instantly,” he said. Both Iwata and Ozaki warned that the state of emergency now in place until at least May 6 was not sufficient.
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