UMbusi waseTokyo u-Yuriko Koike uthe ubebheke uxhaxha lwamabhizinisi azovala kusukela ngoMgqibelo ngesikhathi sezimo eziphuthumayo ezithathe inyanga yonke kuze kube uMeyi 6, ngemuva kokuxazulula ingxabano nethimba likaNdunankulu uShinzo Abe mayelana nokuvalwa kokuvalwa, njengoba iJapan ilwa nokuqubuka kwalesi sifo esisha. i-coronavirus.
Namuhla, iMetropolitan Tokyo icele amabhizinisi athile ukuthi avale kanye nenhloko-dolobha yasendulo Kyoto waxwayisa izivakashi ukuthi zingahambi.
Inani le Covid-19 Amacala eJapan akhuphuke afinyelela ku-6,003 ngoLwesihlanu, kwathi abangu-112 bafa, ngokusho kwe-NHK. ITokyo ibalele amacala ayi-1,708, ikhulisa ukukhathazeka ngesenzo sokuvilapha.
Umbusi wase-Aichi endaweni yezimboni yaseJapan umemezele isimo sakhe esiphuthumayo ngoLwesihlanu futhi ucele ukuthi kwengezwe ezifundeni zikahulumeni ezihlosiwe. I-Gifu emaphakathi neJapan nayo ibikulungele ukukhipha isimemezelo esiphuthumayo futhi okungenani esinye isifunda besizokwenza okufanayo, kusho imibiko yabezindaba.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she was targeting a range of businesses for shutdowns from Saturday during a month-long emergency through May 6, after resolving a feud with PM Shinzo Abe's team over the extent of the closures, as Japan battles an outbreak of the new coronavirus.
- The governor of Aichi in Japan's industrial heartland declared its own state of emergency on Friday and has asked to be added to the government's targeted regions.
- Gifu in central Japan was also poised to issue an emergency declaration and at least one other prefecture was set to do the same, media reports said.
