LINKTV Newsline July 13, 2024
State of emergency for about a month but theyre forced to lift the declaration for 80 of prefectures. Of those, 5 are likely to see a change. Tokyo and neighboring prefectures were among the first to introduce stay at home measures and will almost certainly see those continue for the time being. An early draft of the governments plan suggests criteria for reopening that says theyll needd to have fewer tha 0. 5 infections per 100,000 people in the recent week. That means tokokyo will need to see a drop of fewer than 17 new cases a week. The minister in charge of japans Coronavirus Response says...