Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister of Japan, declared a state of emergency in the capital on Thursday, Sun, and the peripheral regions, to the advance of the COVID-19, which wreaks havoc in the city.
The measure, which will also include surrounding prefectures, such as Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba till the next February 7 IIt implies that residents in these areas must continue to live at home except in an emergency, while The opening hours of restaurants, bars, shops and gyms will be reduced.
According to the authorities They have called on the population to avoid any non-essential exit from your house, especially from 8pm (local time), while companies are asked to promote teleworking, according to the Japanese news agency Kiodo.
With the state of emergency, local authorities will be able to gain more powers within their jurisdiction, one of both to enact compulsory imprisonment, or the closure of non-essential establishments, such as bars and restaurants, indicated by Suga herself as main foci of new outbreaksThis does not apply to the schools that would remain open.
However, government plans to provide 60,000 yen aid (about 470 euros) to that catering establishments to take advantage of the new measures, which include capacity constraints, hours and constraints for sale from alcoholic drinks.
Japan registered a record number of coronavirus cases
The record rises in new cases of coronavirus, in the last 24 hours more than 6,000 positives have been registered for the first time, have been a serious setback for the popularity ratings of Suck, in office since mid-September after the resignation of Shinzo Abe for illness.
The epicenter of this rebound in the Asian country is Sun, which has confirmed a new maximum number of cases, with 2,447, about a thousand more than the previous maximum, confirmed on Tuesday with 1,591 infections.
The Japanese Government had been reluctant to impose greater and tougher restrictions, in an effort to preserve the economy, even so far as to promote and encourage internal displacement to boost local tourism after the country’s severe recession after the first lockdown in April.
However, the latest figures from the pandemic have been critical Suck and his cabinet for their management of the health crisis, which has already happened Japan 3,609 deaths and nearly 259,500 cases accumulated, of which 66,400 were in Sun, which has confirmed 611 deaths.