Bangaphezu kuka-3,500 abantu asebehlolelwe ukuthi banalo I-Covid-19 eJapan kanti bangu-85 asebeshonile kuze kube manje, kanti izibalo bezilokhu zikhuphuka nge-alamu ethile mayelana nokusabalala kweTokyo, enamacala angaphezu kwenkulungwane, okubandakanya amasha angama-1,000 ngoMsombuluko.
Njengoba isimo sobhubhane siba sibi kakhulu, uNdunankulu waseJapan uShinzo Abe umemezele ukuthi uhulumeni waseJapan uzomemezela a isimo sokuphuthumayo eTokyo nakwezinye izifunda eziyisithupha ekuqaleni kukaLwesibili emzamweni wokumisa ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus.
Isimo esiphuthumayo, athe u-Abe sizohlala isikhathi esingangenyanga, sizonikeza ababusi igunya lokucela abantu ukuthi bahlale emakhaya namabhizinisi avale, kodwa banga-oda uhlobo lokuvalwa kwezindawo okubonwa kwamanye amazwe. Ezimweni eziningi, azikho izinhlawulo zokuziba izicelo.
Ingcindezi ibilokhu ikhula kuhulumeni ukuthi athathe lesi sinyathelo, yize u-Abe ezwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuxhamazela, uma kubhekwa imingcele yokunyakaza nebhizinisi elizolandela. Iphakethe lokuvuselela elibiza amakhulu ezigidigidi zamaRandi lizokwethulwa kuleli sonto.
