Key words : authorities stay at home
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200425_03/
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is calling on people to stay at home from Saturday through May 6 to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The authorities designated the 12-day period, which includes Japan's "Golden Week" spring holidays, as "stay-home week."
On Friday, Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko said the period will be crucial in terms of reducing person-to-person contact by 80 percent -- a target set by the central government. She said people's actions will be reflected in the number of coronavirus cases two weeks after that.
Tokyo officials say crowds have decreased in central commercial districts, but have not decreased on shopping streets in more suburban areas.
The metropolitan government is offering cash grants of up to about 37,000 dollars to shopping streets whose stores close voluntarily on weekends and national holidays during the period.
Officials say many shops have already offered to close.
To prevent overcrowding, officials are also calling on people to do their daily shopping no more than about once every three days.
Key words : firm ventilator health ministry
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Japanese medical equipment manufacturer Nihon Kohden says it will start domestic production of ventilators to treat severe cases of coronavirus. The firm already makes a version that can treat mild cases.
Nihon Kohden said on Friday it has received approval from the health ministry for domestic production and sales of ventilators for severe patients. It currently makes them in the United States.
The company plans to start production soon at its factory in the city of Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. Auto and electronics companies will provide support through parts procurement.
Nihon Kohden plans to produce several hundred units a year and begin sales in July.
The coronavirus pandemic is raising concerns about a shortage of ventilators in Japan, where more than 90 percent of the machines are imported from other countries.
To increase domestic production, the health ministry has decided to speed up the screening process for companies. Nihon Kohden received approval in four days, as opposed to the typical four months.
Key words : Japan recorded 13000
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Key words : group of doctor
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200425_08/
A group of doctors in Japan is set to begin a clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for the coronavirus.
The group from the National Center for Global Health and Medicine was given an official go-ahead by the center's ethics committee on Thursday.
The treatment involves giving people an infusion of blood plasma taken from those who have recovered from the virus.
The plasma contains antibodies which could give a person immunity to the virus.
There have been reports of the treatment working for severe cases in China.
The doctors in Japan plan to take 400 milliliters of blood from each of about 50 recovered patients and transfer the blood plasma to 50 patients.
The doctors hope to receive blood donations from next week and start the infusions in May.
Doctor Kutsuna Satoshi, who is in charge of the clinical trial, says the antibody treatment has proven effective for Ebola.
Key words : stay-at-home
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200425_10/
New figures suggest coronavirus-related lockdowns and stay-at-home orders around the world may be exacerbating the problem of domestic abuse.
Authorities in the US state of New York say there has been an uptick in phone calls to a domestic violence hotline. They say the number of calls jumped by 18 percent from February to March. And the figure for April is already 30 percent higher than in the same month last year.
New York officials say there may be many other abuse victims who cannot contact the hotline because stay-at-home orders make it easier for the abusers to monitor their calls.
The officials are addressing the problem by setting up new services. They say people seeking help can now text or chat online with professionals around the clock.
Meanwhile, London police say they have made 4,093 arrests for domestic abuse offenses in the six weeks through last Sunday. That averages almost 100 a day.
The police say they have registered 17,275 domestic abuse incidents in the same period, including cases not recorded as crimes. That's up 9 percent from the same period last year.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement on April 5, urging "all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women a key part of their national response plans" for the virus.
Key words : world health vaccin
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200425_04/
The World Health Organization has announced an initiative to accelerate the development of drugs and vaccines for the new coronavirus, and ensure access worldwide. Global leaders expressed their full support.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke during a video conference in Geneva on Friday. He was joined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, among others.
Treatments and vaccines for the virus are being developed around the world, with some already in clinical trials.
Referring to the H1N1 flu pandemic, Tedros said, "Experience has told us that even when tools are available they have not been equally available to all." He added, "We cannot allow that to happen."
He also said, "Our shared commitment is to ensure all people have access to all the tools to prevent, detect, treat and defeat COVID-19."
The United States did not attend the conference. President Donald Trump recently announced his administration is temporarily halting funding to the WHO.
Key words : number of confirmed corona virus infection 2 million
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Key words : hispanic
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200425_07/
US President Donald Trump has approved an additional 480-billion-dollar economic stimulus package designed to help small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
After signing the bill into law on Friday, he said the measure will provide relief for African Americans and Hispanics.
But Democrats have criticized it for also funding big businesses, such as a large hamburger chain.
An economic relief program totaling 2.2 trillion dollars, the largest in US history, was rolled out in late March.
Key words : georgia oklahoma
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200425_06/
A number of US states have allowed a partial return to economic activities suspended due to the coronavirus. It comes after US President Donald Trump released guidelines for easing restrictions.
Hair salons and other businesses reopened on Friday in Georgia and Oklahoma, whose governors are Republican.
Authorities in Georgia plan to allow movie theaters and restaurants to resume operations next week. However, the mayor of Atlanta disapproved of the plan.
On Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, both Democrats, also expressed caution.
Johns Hopkins University said more than 880,000 people have been infected in the US as of Friday, with the death toll exceeding 50,000.
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