Tokyo Virus Situation Is Out of Control, Panel Expert Says
- Number of patients in hospitals and serious cases hit records
- Tokyo Governor Koike seeks to reduce people’s outings by half
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A member of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government coronavirus advisory panel of experts said it was now impossible to control the spread of Covid-19 in the capital.
“Infections are raging at disaster level -- it’s an emergency,” Norio Omagari said at a Thursday panel meeting with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. “It’s impossible to control the situation.”