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Excerpts from The Independent:
Japan surpassed 10, 000 daily Covid infections for the first time on Thursday leaving health officials in the country rattled as they battle to get the outbreak under control.
Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga said that the government will decide on Friday whether to declare regional states of emergency in response to calls from some prefectures amid the worsening situation.
For a third day running, Tokyo reported a record number of daily Covid-19 infections: the host city for the Olympics recorded 3,865 new cases today, up from 3,177 on Wednesday, 2,848 on Tuesday, and 1,970 a week ago. Today’s numbers are almost double last week’s.
Equally worrisome for the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which kicked off less than a week ago, is the record-breaking daily infections directly connected to the Games. Twenty-four people with Olympics accreditations tested positive for Covid-19, including three athletes and 15 contractors, the Asahi Shimbun reported today. At least two of the victims, who are from abroad, were hospitalised, according to Reuters.
Experts say that the recent spike in infections is partly due to the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus, which has been spreading in Japan, and has caused around 30 percent of recent infections, the AP and national broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday.
The full article can be read here.
Japan surpassed 10, 000 daily Covid infections for the first time on Thursday leaving health officials in the country rattled as they battle to get the outbreak under control.
Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga said that the government will decide on Friday whether to declare regional states of emergency in response to calls from some prefectures amid the worsening situation.
For a third day running, Tokyo reported a record number of daily Covid-19 infections: the host city for the Olympics recorded 3,865 new cases today, up from 3,177 on Wednesday, 2,848 on Tuesday, and 1,970 a week ago. Today’s numbers are almost double last week’s.
Equally worrisome for the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which kicked off less than a week ago, is the record-breaking daily infections directly connected to the Games. Twenty-four people with Olympics accreditations tested positive for Covid-19, including three athletes and 15 contractors, the Asahi Shimbun reported today. At least two of the victims, who are from abroad, were hospitalised, according to Reuters.
Experts say that the recent spike in infections is partly due to the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus, which has been spreading in Japan, and has caused around 30 percent of recent infections, the AP and national broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday.
The full article can be read here.