Okinawa, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures ready to impose curbs on activity
TOKYO — Japan is set to allow the governors of three prefectures, including Okinawa, to enact restrictions on social activities as community spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes more prevalent, the government announced on Thursday.
NAHA–Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki said he is considering asking the central government to declare pre-emergency measures to stem the latest surge in novel coronavirus infections in the prefecture. Tamaki told a news conference on Jan. 4 that he believes the sixth wave of COVID-19 has already hit Okinawa Prefecture.
Le pays a fait état mercredi de 52 nouveaux malades dans cette ville du nord, portant à 143 le nombre de patients recensés depuis le 9 décembre. Les habitants doivent désormais « rester chez eux sauf raison impérative ».
Tous les quartiers de cette ville du nord-ouest du pays vont être soumis à une “gestion fermée” avec un strict contrôle des déplacements.
– The 28 local cases reported on Sunday are the lowest daily tally in the past seven days of the outbreak
– Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan visits three affected cities and stresses the need for strict controls to halt community spread
– Mid-Autumn Festival plans cancelled and residents ordered to stay home in Xiamen, as Delta variant continues to spread
– Kindergarten and primary schoolchildren among more than 1,000 contacts in quarantine
– 22 new cases reported on Monday in the southeastern province, with initial testing showing Delta variant to blame
– The latest infections have been linked to an adult who returned from Singapore in early August
L’Indonésie a appelé à l’aide mardi les pays de la région pour approvisionner d’urgence ses hôpitaux en oxygène.
Highly infectious strain of coronavirus first identified in the U.K. — N501Y — now accounts for a third of new infections
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday approved stricter measures to stamp out soaring coronavirus cases for Tokyo, Okinawa and Kyoto — effective Monday — as variants pose a fresh threat to a public already frazzled by monthslong restrictions.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday he intends to designate Tokyo for stronger measures to combat COVID-19 amid a sharp rebound in infections and mounting pressure on hospitals.
The Japanese government has decided to allow Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures to take stricter measures against the novel coronavirus as they have been hit by a resurgence in new infections, officials said Thursday.
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.
La deuxième vague de la pandémie de Covid-19 a touché de plein fouet l’hémisphère nord, et les réponses politiques se multiplient. Dans certains pays, les dirigeants ont fait le choix d’un (re)confinement de la population, difficile à mettre en place du fait de ses conséquences économiques et psychologiques. Mais la situation n’est pas partout la même : elle semble notamment moins compliquée en Asie, et plus particulièrement en Chine, où la deuxième vague est inexistante à ce jour.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced a new trove of Covid-19 measures on November 30, 2020, following a surge in coronavirus cases in the city. Lam said Hong Kong’s civil servants are to begin working from home on Wednesday, December 2, amid a worsening fourth wave of the coronavirus. Restrictions on both public gatherings and diners per table at local restaurants will be tightened to two people. Gyms, sports venues and beauty parlours will remain open, but swimming pools and other entertainment venues will be forced to close down. On November 30, the city recorded 76 new Covid-19 cases.
Japan set a daily record with more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases — including a new high of 493 in the capital — on Wednesday, following reports Tokyo was expected to raise its virus alert to the highest level Thursday amid an ongoing surge of infections.
