Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was convicted of violating the country’s recommendations on combating COVID-19. He attended a New Year’s feast with fellow party members and aroused the indignation of fellow citizens, according to The Japan Times.
On Monday, December 14, Suga in the company of six high-ranking officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party a> visited a prestigious steakhouse in Tokyo’s Ginza district. All guests were over 70 years old, that is, they were at risk. The government previously advised citizens to refrain from eating with more than four people amid the growing rate of the virus spreading.
“We kept our distance. But I realize that my act made the wrong impression,” Suga told reporters.
Previously it was reported that the number of deaths from coronavirus in Japan for all time pandemic did not exceed the number of suicides in one fall month. In October alone, 2,153 people committed suicide.
As of December 16, 189,702 people fell ill with COVID-19 in Japan during the entire period of the spread of the virus, and the number of deaths exceeded 2,600.