{"id":7708,"date":"2021-01-08T00:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T07:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanjhisoch.com\/english\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2021-01-08T00:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T07:27:18","slug":"japan-declares-state-of-emergency-for-tokyo-area-as-covid-19-cases-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjhisoch.com\/english\/japan-declares-state-of-emergency-for-tokyo-area-as-covid-19-cases-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Declares State of Emergency For Tokyo Area As Covid-19 Cases Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"
The government said the one-month emergency would run from Friday to Feb. 7 in Tokyo and Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, covering about 30% of the country\u2019s population. Restrictions would centre combating transmission in bars and restaurants, which the government says are main risk areas<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Sanjhi Soch Beauro \u2013<\/strong>Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of the\u00a0coronavirus<\/span><\/span>, hoping that less-stringent curbs than imposed earlier will this time stamp out infections.<\/p>\n

The government said the one-month emergency would run from Friday to Feb. 7 in Tokyo and Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, covering about 30% of the country\u2019s population. Restrictions would centre combating transmission in bars and restaurants, which the government says are main risk areas.<\/p>\n

The curbs are narrower in scope than those imposed in April under an emergency that ran to late May. At that time, the curbs were nationwide and schools and non-essential businesses were mostly shuttered. This time, schools are not being closed.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga\u2019s government is seeking to limit damage to the world\u2019s third-biggest economy while striving to defeat the virus once and for all as it looks ahead to staging the postponed summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe global pandemic has been a tougher one than we expected, but I\u2019m hopeful we can overcome this,\u201d Suga told a televised news conference.<\/p>\n

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The government said the one-month emergency would run from Friday to Feb. 7 in Tokyo and Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, covering about 30% of the country\u2019s population. Restrictions would centre combating transmission in bars and restaurants, which the government says are main risk areas Sanjhi Soch Beauro \u2013Japan declared a limited state of emergency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n