Tokyo on top COVID-19 alert level after new cases
TOKYO: Tokyo is on its highest coronavirus alert level after a spike in new cases, the city's governor warned on Wednesday , as experts said the rising infections were a clear"red flag".
Her comments came after a panel of experts said the city was seeing a spike in younger people infected with the virus, with cases in nightlife areas but also workplaces and in families. But new daily cases have climbed after the state of emergency was removed, reaching a fresh record last week of 243 in Tokyo, the epicentre of the fresh outbreak.
As of Wednesday, there were only seven people requiring intensive care for coronavirus and authorities have insisted that the medical system is in better shape than at the height of the previous wave in April.And despite the latest outbreak, the situation in Japan remains considerably less serious than in many other comparable countries in terms of population.
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