Kim urged travelers to wear masks, not to share food and stay at home if they have fever or respiratory symptoms. Yuriko Koike on Wednesday called for an extension of Japan’s nationwide “state of emergency,” which requests people to stay home and social distance. She noted that reported daily cases of COVID-19 in Tokyo have topped 100 people recently. The state of emergency lasts through May 6, which marks the end of the Golden Week holidays that began this week. There is no lockdown in Japan, and some businesses and restaurants remain open.

Source: International New York Times April 29, 2020 04:41 UTC