Tokyo, Japan (Ap) — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by 822 Thursday to a record high since the outbreak began, after 678 new cases were reported Wednesday, indicating the epidemic continues to heat up.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Monday a blanket suspension of promotional Tours across the country to reduce the risk of infection, but the results are not yet in sight.
The Tokyo Expert meeting raised the alert level of the medical provision system from level 3 to the highest level of level 4, “the medical system is becoming urgent”, and recommended that the government strengthen the epidemic prevention response, especially to prevent the increase of severe cases. Tokyo’s outbreak alert has been raised to the highest level of “epidemic expansion” on November 19, and both the medical provision system and the outbreak alert are at the highest level.
As for the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention and Response Department, it was announced on Thursday that 1,014 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in China, more than 1,000 for two consecutive days, and the daily number of confirmed cases in the past week is 908.4. South Korea has so far confirmed 46,453 cases.
At present, South Korea implements the norms of social distance in phase 2.5 of capital Circle and phase 2 of non-capital circle, and some areas are adjusted according to the judgment of local governments. On whether to fully raise social norms to the highest level in phase 3, authorities said the situation had not yet reached the core elements of the upgrade, namely “the failure of the epidemic prevention network or the collapse of the medical system.”
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