[Japon] Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths

Reporting by Leika Kihara, Chris Gallagher, Antoni Slodkowski, Rocky Swift, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Daniel Leussink; writing by Tim Kelly; Editing by Peter Graff and Alex Richardson / TOKYO (Reuters)

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Date : 15 avril 2020

Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under pressure to hand out more cash.

Source : TOKYO (Reuters), “Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths”, Reuters, 15/04/2020. URL : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-urges-citizens-to-isolate-as-reports-warn-of-400000-deaths-idUSKCN21X149 (consulté le 15/04/2020)

Photo “à la une” : People wearing protective face masks walk on the street after the government announced state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2020. © Issei Kato / Reuters