[Japon] JO de Tokyo : la méthode Coué face à la pandémie
Beaucoup s’interrogent, y compris au sein du CIO, sur la tenue des Jeux cet été. Pourtant, le Premier ministre japonais reste ferme, malgré les critiques.
Beaucoup s’interrogent, y compris au sein du CIO, sur la tenue des Jeux cet été. Pourtant, le Premier ministre japonais reste ferme, malgré les critiques.
In early January, a Tokyo man in his 80s with diabetes tested positive for COVID-19. He soon started to have difficulty breathing. But with hospital beds filling up fast, public health authorities couldn’t immediately place him under medical care. Then he showed moderate signs of recovery, which emboldened officials to decide that he could, after all, remain at home to recuperate — despite the capital’s guidelines saying that those age 70 or older with an underlying condition should in principle be hospitalized.
Taro Kono, newly appointed as minister in charge of rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, said Tuesday he would tackle the challenge with a complicated logistics plan to deliver an effective blitz of vaccinations quickly.
Alors que l’archipel est confronté à une troisième vague d’infection plus importante que les deux précédentes, les Japonais semblent réticents à suivre les directives gouvernementales, en particulier celles qui restreignent les déplacements.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday expanded the country’s state of emergency to Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Tochigi and Fukuoka, making the order effective in 11 of Japan’s 47 prefectures
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday night the government will temporarily suspend an arrangement allowing business travelers from 11 Asian countries and regions to enter Japan, effectively banning the entry of nonresident foreign travelers.
L’Institut national des maladies infectieuses a établi que le nouveau variant présentait des similitudes avec ceux récemment découverts au Royaume-Uni et en Afrique du Sud.
Confronté à une forte hausse des contaminations, le Japon s’inquiète de la découverte d’un nouveau variant du Covid-19, venu du Brésil.
Les autorités sanitaires nippones disent avoir identifié une troisième souche mutante du coronavirus sur quatre personnes de retour du nord-ouest brésilien. Sa contagiosité n’est pas clairement établie.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday declared a second, albeit less comprehensive, state of emergency in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has stretched parts of the nation’s health care system to breaking point.
Confronté à une accélération du nombre d’infections, le gouvernement nippon demande à la population de sa capitale de restreindre ses mouvements et ses sorties pendant un mois. Les restaurants fermeront à 20 heures et les entreprises vont encourager le télétravail.
Each day that Tokyo has surpassed its own record for new cases of COVID-19, more often than not the country has as well. On Wednesday, the capital reported an unprecedented 1,591 cases, and as of the evening new cases nationwide had passed 6,000 for the first time.
With numbers of new COVID-19 cases across the Tokyo region surging to record levels, the government is expected to announce a state of emergency this week for the capital and three adjacent prefectures.
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government is poised to declare a state of emergency for the second time in the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly this week, to combat surging cases in Tokyo and surrounding areas, Nikkei learned on Monday.
The Japanese prime minister and International Olympic Committee chief promised the Tokyo Games will demonstrate the world is winning the war against the coronavirus pandemic. But is it really a good idea to go ahead with the Olympics?
Japan’s stance against declaring another state of emergency appears to be shifting, as coronavirus infections fueled by the onset of cold weather showed no signs of abating even after the country stepped up containment measures.