Key words : beyond May 6 decreasing
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200427_01/
Tokyo officials reported 72 new coronavirus cases on Sunday. It is the first time in about two weeks that the number of infections fell below 100 in the Japanese capital.
Also on Sunday, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, health and welfare minister Kato Katsunobu and others were briefed at a coronavirus taskforce meeting that the number of new cases of infection has been decreasing.
But government officials say that although newly confirmed cases appear to be stable in the past few days, it's impossible to determine whether they are on the decline.
Some experts also pointed out that the number of reported cases per day has not decreased as anticipated.
The government plans to carefully decide whether to extend the country's state of emergency beyond May 6, while closely monitoring the number of cases across the nation. It says it remains unpredictable when the situation will be brought under control.
The government also plans to increase employment subsidies to protect jobs. Rates of subsidies will be further raised for employees' pay at small- and medium-sized businesses that comply with administrative requests to restrict their facilities' operations.
Since the government expanded the scale of the subsidies in mid-February, there had been more than 2,500 applications for the program as of Friday. But just over 10 percent of the applications have been approved.
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Key words : dentist
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200427_02/
Japan's health ministry is planning to allow dentists to carry out tests for the coronavirus in an effort to increase testing capacity.
The ministry presented the plan at an expert panel meeting on Sunday.
It said that it would be more difficult to secure enough doctors and other staff who conduct PCR tests, which identify viral infection, as the government is working to increase testing.
Currently, collecting samples from patients' nostrils and throats doesn't fall under the procedures dentists are allowed to do. The ministry said it wants to allow them as a special measure.
The ministry said it plans to allow dentists, who have taken relevant training, to conduct PCR tests with patients' consent if it becomes difficult to secure the sufficient number of doctors and other testers during the state of emergency.
Some experts offered comments on the content of training, but there were no objections to the proposal.
The ministry says it wants to start the measure within days after ironing out the details.
In Japan, the number of PCR tests conducted per day reached about 8,800 in mid-April, about four times the figure for the same period a month earlier. But the government is working to further increase the tests.
Key words : governor positive infected
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200427_09/
A sports gym in Tochigi Prefecture, central Japan, remained open despite the local government's request to shut down amid the coronavirus outbreak. A member of the gym tested positive for the virus after the closure request.
The prefectural government on April 18 asked sports gyms and other facilities to suspend operations.
Local officials say a woman in her 80s living in the city of Ohtawara used a members-only gym on April 16 and again on April 21.
The officials say she began to feel fatigued on April 16 and developed a fever before testing positive on Saturday. She is currently hospitalized.
The gym operator is checking the condition of about 360 members who may have been exposed.
The officials have not disclosed the name of the gym, saying the facility's membership system allowed them to identify the members.
Governor Fukuda Tomikazu told reporters on Sunday that it was regrettable the gym remained open despite the request to shut down and that someone became infected.
He said the local government will implement emergency measures such as issuing stronger closure requests and disclosing the names of facilities that fail to comply.
Key words : worldwide 3 million
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Key words : Europe
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200427_07/
European nations are moving to ease their lockdown measures against the coronavirus as the number of new infections appears to be flattening.
Italy has reported more than 26,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak. The number is the highest in Europe.
The Italian government introduced a nationwide lockdown on March 10, largely restricting economic activities.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters on Sunday that the lockdown measures will be lifted in phases from May 4 with construction and manufacturing being the first to be allowed to reopen.
He said that people will be allowed to visit their relatives and go out for exercise or go to a park under certain conditions.
He also said that more retails shops will reopen on May 18 along with museums, and that on June 1, restaurants, cafes and beauty parlors will reopen.
Spain, which has the largest number of coronavirus cases in Europe, partially lifted its lockdown on Sunday for the first time after the country put the measure in place in mid-March.
Children are allowed to go out within one kilometer from their homes for a total of one hour. For the first time in six weeks, many children were seen taking a walk with their parents and playing in open spaces.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Spaniards will be allowed to go out for exercise starting on May 2 if the situation in the country continues to improve.
Both Spain and Italy have been seeing new coronavirus cases on gradual decline.
Key words : epicenter zero
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200426_18/
Health authorities in Wuhan, China, say the number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus in the city has dropped to zero. The city in Hubei Province was the epicenter of outbreak in China.
The authorities said on Sunday that the last 12 patients in two hospitals as of Saturday have been discharged.
They will still be quarantined and monitored.
The authorities also say the last person to leave hospital was a 77-year-old patient who tested negative twice.
Social media commentators cast doubts on the announcement, as the authorities had said just on Friday that the number of patients in serious condition was down to zero.
Doubters said it was hard to believe that all patients were discharged in just two days.
Questions have also been raised about the true number of cases and deaths announced by the authorities. Some have suggested the actual figures may be higher.
Key words : new york reopen
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200427_06/
The governor of the US state of New York has outlined a plan to reopen economic activity in phases and by regions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters on Sunday that reopening will be decided by regions based on certain criteria, including a 14-day decline in the state and regional hospitalization rate.
The state is banning people in non-essential businesses from going to work until May 15. Police officers and grocery store workers are among the exceptions.
Cuomo suggested the difficulty in deciding whether to reopen the densely-populated area in and around New York City.
But he noted that for other regions it is possible to start procedures for easing restrictions on social and business activities after May 15.
The governor added the measures will be implemented in phases, starting with the reopening of construction and manufacturing sectors.
He said the next phase will rely on a matrix of which businesses are more essential and at a lower risk of infecting people.
Also on Sunday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out his plan to consider the city's recovery by setting up advisory councils for different sectors.
Key words : south sexual violence
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