Coronavirus: Japan to declare emergency in major cities after surge in cases www.independent.co.uk

Japan’s prime minister is expected to declare a state of emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak in the country after a surge in in new infections spread throughout Tokyo and other major cities.
The government has been under pressure to respond to the growing coronavirus outbreak which has infected 4,563 people throughout the country, with 104 deaths.
Mr Nishimura said during a television program earlier that day that declaring a state or emergency after an explosive increase in the number of positive coronavirus cases “would be too late”.
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According to Reuters, Eiju General Hospital in central Tokyo reported 140 cases of coronavirus in the past two weeks, with at least 44 of those cases being hospital staff.