Japan rush to declare the state of emergency as 6,000 coronavirus cases recorded

Yesterday Japan recorded 6,000 coronavirus cases. PM Yoshihide Suga is expected to declare state of emergency to Tokyo and 3 surrounding prefectures later today. On Wednesday Tokyo recorded about 1,600 cases, with over 100 patients in serious condition. Saitama and Chiba confirmed about 400 and 300 cases, respectively. The governor of Aichi, Hideaki Omura says he may ask the state to put the central prefecture under the emergency declaration, while Aichi has recorded about 360 cases. Osaka and Fukuoka recorded 560 and 316 cases. These prefectures are not included to the planned state of emergency. The coming state of emergency will be in place until the early February. Under the declaration residents are encouraged to stay home, restaurants are told to close by 8 pm, but no fines applied.