The COVID-19 epidemic in Japan continues to worsen, with the number of new confirmed cases nationwide exceeding 1,000 for the first time on the 29th. The epidemic is spreading outside the capital Tokyo, with Osaka Prefecture, the western economic center, more than 200 new confirmed cases on the 29th.
■The western part of the red light
Osaka Prefecture Governor Yoshimura Yoshimura confirmed on the 29th that Osaka Prefecture added 221 new confirmed cases on the same day, which is the first time that more than 200 new confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak of the epidemic. As of that day, Osaka Prefecture has a total of 3,651 confirmed cases.
Yoshimura said that 2,074 samples were tested on the 29th, with a positive rate of 10.7%. "The positive rate is high, the epidemic is spreading in the city, and the number of infections is expected to continue to increase in the future."
Osaka Prefecture is mostly young people, and it is infected in related nightclubs and other entertainment venues. Yoshimura calls on young people to change their behavior and avoid the epidemic from affecting high-risk groups such as the elderly.
Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui said on the 29th that he was considering requiring commercial activities in areas where the epidemic spread to be suspended for 10 days. The Osaka Municipal Government will provide a subsidy of 100,000 yen (about 6,667 yuan) to stores that cooperate with the closure of operations. Matsui said: "Even if the epidemic can be stopped this time, we must deal with the third and fourth waves of the epidemic."
■ Many places broke records
The new crown epidemic continued to spread across Japan on the 29th. As of 20:00 that night, 1,229 new confirmed cases were added, and the total number of confirmed cases nationwide was more than 33,000.
Northeast Iwate Prefecture reported the first confirmed case on the same day, with a total of 2 people infected. So far, confirmed cases have occurred in 47 prefectures across Japan. Aichi Prefecture in central China added 167 new confirmed cases on the 29th, Kyoto Prefecture in western China added 41 new cases on the same day, and Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern China added 101 new cases on the same day, each setting a record for the highest number of new confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak of the local epidemic.
Tokyo added 250 new confirmed cases on the 29th, of which 162 were unknown infection paths. As of the 29th, Tokyo had a total of 5,636 confirmed cases in July, accounting for almost half of the total number of confirmed cases in the capital since the outbreak. Tokyo's new confirmed cases remained in triple digits in July, setting a record 366 on the 23rd. The government has raised the level of epidemic alert to the highest level and called on citizens to avoid going out during the summer.
Kyodo News reported that Tokyo had more than 200 new confirmed cases per day on the 9th of this month, accounting for 60% of the country's daily new confirmed cases. However, Tokyo accounted for about one-fifth of the country's new confirmed cases on the 29th, indicating that the rebound in the epidemic began to spread across Japan.
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US military requires that people arriving in Japan must undergo nucleic acid testing
US military confirmed on the 29th that it will require all US military personnel arriving in Japan to undergo nucleic acid testing and quarantine for 14 days.
The US military and the Japanese government issued a joint statement on the same day, "Agreeing to strictly implement epidemic prevention measures... This is crucial to jointly responding to the new coronavirus." The US side will require US military personnel, families and contractors arriving in Japan on the 24th and later must undergo nucleic acid tests for the new coronavirus before the 14-day self-isolation, regardless of whether they have symptoms of infection.
Kyodo News reported that according to Japan's epidemic prevention regulations, U.S. military personnel arriving in Japan on civilian flights must undergo nucleic acid testing, but those who flew directly to the US military base in Japan only needed nucleic acid testing when they had symptoms such as fever and cough.
Cluster infection has occurred at the base of the US military stationed in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan recently, and many US military personnel at the Futenma Base and Hansen Camp were confirmed. Okinawa Prefecture confirmed on the 29th that the U.S. military's Kadena base added 1 new confirmed case on the same day, and the U.S. military stationed in Okinawa has a total of about 240 confirmed cases. Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono and Okinawa Prefecture Governor Danny Tamago earlier this month asked the US to expand the scope of mandatory nucleic acid testing subjects to avoid the spread of the epidemic. Okinawa Prefecture is concerned that the spread of the epidemic at US military bases may affect Okinawa people.
(Original title: The new coronavirus epidemic continues to worsen, Japan has exceeded 1,000 new cases in a single day)
Source: Beijing Evening News
Process Editor: TF017
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