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人们担心东京会出现冠状病毒危机。改变路线为时已晚吗？
There are fears a coronavirus crisis looms in Tokyo. Is it too late to change course?
From CNN's Will Ripley
Each day seems to bring more bad news for Tokyo.
The daily count of new coronavirus cases has doubled in the past week, from about 40 in the final days of March to 97 on Thursday and 89 on Friday, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
If the current trend continues, the outlook is bleak, said Kentaro Iwata, an infection control specialist from Kobe University, who has repeatedly warned that Japan isn't doing enough to halt the spread of the virus.
"Japan needs to have the courage to change, when we are aware we are on the wrong path," Iwata said. "We might see the next New York City in Tokyo."
New York is considered the epicenter of America's coronavirus outbreak. There, the number of known cases is doubling every five days, according to a CNN count. More than 2,900 people have died.
As of Friday, Japan had 3,329 confirmed cases and 74 deaths.
Iwata added there needs to be more testing: As of Friday, Tokyo had tested fewer than 4,000 people in a city of 13.5 million.
And just 39,466 people had been tested in this nation of 125 million, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
That's a tiny fraction compared to countries in the region and around the world. As of Friday, South Korea -- which has a much smaller population than Japan -- had tested more than 440,000 people.
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There are fears a coronavirus crisis looms in Tokyo. Is it too late to change course?
There are fears a coronavirus crisis looms in Tokyo. Is it too late to change course?
From CNN's Will Ripley
Each day seems to bring more bad news for Tokyo.
The daily count of new coronavirus cases has doubled in the past week, from about 40 in the final days of March to 97 on Thursday and 89 on Friday, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
If the current trend continues, the outlook is bleak, said Kentaro Iwata, an infection control specialist from Kobe University, who has repeatedly warned that Japan isn't doing enough to halt the spread of the virus.
"Japan needs to have the courage to change, when we are aware we are on the wrong path," Iwata said. "We might see the next New York City in Tokyo."
New York is considered the epicenter of America's coronavirus outbreak. There, the number of known cases is doubling every five days, according to a CNN count. More than 2,900 people have died.
As of Friday, Japan had 3,329 confirmed cases and 74 deaths.
Iwata added there needs to be more testing: As of Friday, Tokyo had tested fewer than 4,000 people in a city of 13.5 million.
And just 39,466 people had been tested in this nation of 125 million, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
That's a tiny fraction compared to countries in the region and around the world. As of Friday, South Korea -- which has a much smaller population than Japan -- had tested more than 440,000 people.
Read the full story here:
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There are fears a coronavirus crisis looms in Tokyo. Is it too late to change course?
