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What is the reaction to [107] new cases? [July 2nd] [COVID-19] [Reaction of government and experts]

東京の感染者数 すでに「基準日」超える 厚労省の目安で

 

 

 

Hello!

 

 

 

It was a nice hot day in Tokyo on July 2nd! 

 

 

I thought it would be nice day for a while after a long time,

At that time, news came in just before 14:00,

that is "today the new number of infected people in Tokyo is [107] people"...

 

 

It was so unrealistic that there were too many of them, but I thought "Is there an infection spreading?"

 

Because the number of new infections by the day before that was around 50 every day.

 

 


This time, I will summarize the opinions of Governor Koike and politicians in Japan, the opinions of specialists, and the voices of medical staff.

 

 

 

*** Reaction of politicians and experts ***

 

 ・When the opposition party asked in the Diet about "the possibility of issuing an emergency declaration again", Deputy Chair Omi of the government expert meeting replied as follows.

 

 

 "I think it is impossible to get the public's consent from the same strong demands for self-restraint because it is said that both economic and social activities and prevention of infection spread should be compatible."

 


 "The current medical system/testing system is clearly different from the state before the emergency declaration, so future actions should be judged comprehensively, not just daily numbers." 

 

 

・Opposition parties also urged the government and Tokyo to urgently discuss future responses.

 

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012492851000.html?utm_int=news-new_contents_list-items_002)

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012492871000.html?utm_int=news-new_contents_list-items_008)

 

 

 *** Government reaction ***

 

・ Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said as follows.

 

 "I don't think it would be the case for immediate emergency declarations."

 

 ”While the number of hospitalized patients is increasing, the number of severely ill patients is decreasing. The basics are in place.”

 

 

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012492931000.html?utm_int=news-new_contents_list-items_007)

 

 

 *** Reactions of field experts ***

 

・Dr. Satoshi Kutsuna of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, which is at the core of new coronavirus treatment, pointed out as follows.

 

 
 "Currently, most of the infected people are younger generations, and because there are many people who are mild or asymptomatic, there are few patients to be hospitalized and the medical system is not under pressure."

 

 

 "If the number of infected people increase at this pace, there is a possibility that the situation will return to what it was when the infection spread."

 

 

 

 "Because most of the infected people are young people, there is a risk that they will go out without symptoms and infect the elderly and people with chronic diseases."

 

 

 "It is time to take measures against [movement to other areas] and [night town], because if we do nothing like this, the government may have to issue an emergency declaration again. We should think again about the relaxation of social activities. "

 

 

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012492591000.html?utm_int=news-new_contents_list-items_025)

 

 

*** Reaction of Tokyo Governor Koike ***

 

 (*She is the chief of COVID-19 measures in Tokyo.)

 

 ・Following the announcement that the number of new infections in Tokyo was [107], Governor Koike held an emergency interview after the Tokyo Metropolitan Headquarters Meeting, and spoke as follows.

 

 ”If this situation continues for 4 weeks, the number of new positives may increase 6 times. Therefore, the infection, which is the third stage of the four stages, is expanding.”

 

 ”The number of severely ill patients is decreasing, but the number of hospitalized patients is increasing. Experts commented that it was necessary to strengthen the system, which is the second stage of the four stages.”

 

 

 "At the stage of caution against the spread of infection"

 

 

 "There are some shops that follow the guidelines for the entertainment district at night, but I want people to refrain from going out into the night town."

 

 

 "I would like to ask the operators in the entertainment district at night to thoroughly implement the guidelines for preventing the spread of infection."

 

 

(* https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8167411dc2bdc5164e2d78b276796b2459d3947c)

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012492981000.html?utm_int=news-new_contents_list-items_003)

 

 

  *** Business reaction ***

 

・President Mimura of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed the idea that the overall picture of the inspection and the analysis results should be published as follows.

 

 

 "I want to quickly get an overview of how many people are tested and what the positive rate is. Because [100] people who infected COVID-19 are shocking numbers, so I would like you to announce such things.”

 

 

“The government of Tokyo should analyze the contents of the inspection as much as possible and then detail it. By informing the infected person's tendency, it is possible to call attention to those concerned.”

 

 

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012493081000.html?utm_int=news-new_contents_list-items_015)

 

 

 

The reaction of the people in the political and business world and the medical field after receiving the announcement of more than 100 new infected people in Tokyo today was like this!

 

 


Although I thought while summarizing,

the reaction of those in the business world who are close to the scene and those who are in the medical field really felt a sense of crisis, and conversely, about politicians and experts at the meeting, (they may know the complete situation but) I don't feel a sense of crisis.

 

 

I would like people who think about such administration and measures to feel the most sense of crisis...

 

 

And when it comes to Governor Koike (there is possibillity that people may not be enforced by the administration but),

"I want you to follow the guidelines for prevention,",

"I want you to refrain from going out into the night town,",

and "○ stage of the ○ stage.",

there were only comments that seemed to have little effect.

 

 

She is the one who takes the spearhead command...

 

 

 


 

 


This time, I summarized the reaction about the number of new infected people in Tokyo [over 100]!

 

 

Please be careful when you go out,

as they may not be able to take measures like this.

 

 

 

 

AcertainFox512

 

 

 

 

 

(* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200702/k10012492721000.html)

 

 

 

 

*Calendar of new infections in Tokyo as of July 3 ↓

 

Changes in New Coronavirus Infection in Tokyo

 

June
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Total
- 13

34

12 28 20 26 138
14 13 13 18 22 25 24 104
47 48  27 16 41 35 39 253
35 29  31 55 48 54 57 309
60 58  54 - - - - -
July
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Total
- - - 67 107 124 - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -

 *Unit: person (number of infected people on that day)