Many hospitals in Japan: Japan's new crown pneumonia epidemic has reached disaster level

CCTV news: For more information about the epidemic in Japan, the head office reporter Liu Zhuoye sent back a report earlier.

Headquarters reporter Liu Zhuoye : Japan has become the hardest hit area for the spread of the new crown epidemic in the world. There are two main reasons for the rebound of the epidemic and the sharp increase in the number of infections. The first is that this infection is dominated by the Omicron strain , which is very infectious. Another one, according to some media analysis, may be related to the relaxation of control and control. Many people travel on holidays, which may contribute to the spread of the epidemic.

Headquarters reporter Liu Zhuoye : Japan is experiencing the largest wave of the new crown epidemic in history. Under the severe epidemic, Japan's medical institutions are naturally under pressure. Just yesterday, we interviewed a professor of medicine at at Tokyo Medical University named Yasunari Omura. He said that because there are too many people seeking medical treatment and calls for help, the reception capacity of their hospitals has been greatly impacted, and their coping capabilities have gone to a new level, and there are still many hospitals in this situation.

Headquarters reporter Liu Zhuoye : Regarding the government's response measures, corresponding to the rapid spread of the epidemic, the Japanese government is gradually relaxing the control measures against the epidemic. Just this morning (August 31), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that under the current new crown epidemic prevention measures, starting from September 7, the upper limit of the number of people entering the country will be raised from the current 20,000 people per day to 50,000 people. .

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