“Delta” -Shtam Coronavirus Vribs half of Japan in a state of emergency

The Japanese authorities decided to extend the emergency and quarantine measures related to the rapid spread of the “Delta” -Tamma Coronavirus. Under restrictive measures fell half of the country. It is reported by TV channel Al-Jazeera.

The authorities of the country decided to introduce emergency regime in the territory of eight prefectures. Thus, rigid quarantine was declared in the territory of 21 Japanese prefectures, all of them 47. In the territory of the four prefectures, the mode of high availability was introduced.

“due to a sharp increase in the number of diseases, the medical system is in extremely serious condition,” said the Minister of Economy of Yasutoshi Nismura (Yasutoshi Nishimur) during a meeting with a group of advisers whose consent was necessary to expand emergency measures. It is planned that the emergency mode will last in all prefectures, including in the metropolitan, until September 12.

Previously, the Japanese authorities were supporters of the most soft quarantine measures. They were reduced to the regulations to the companies to increase the number of employees working remotely, in addition, restaurants were obliged to close earlier, restrictions on the sale of alcohol.

The situation has changed in early July, after the arrival of the “Delta” is arrived in the country of Coronavirus. On Tuesday, August 24, the Ministry of Health of the country reported on 21,500 new cases of infection. About 90 percent of the hospital beds intensive therapy in Tokyo are busy, 25 thousand people are not able to be treated in the hospital. In total, 1.3 million people infected in Japan from the beginning of the pandemic, 15 thousand of them died.

/Media reports.