The daily infections Covid-19 at the Japan reached a record of more than 110,000 cases, Jiji news agency reported on Saturday.
Faced with a seventh wave of coronavirus infections, the Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that the new wave of infections appears to be spreading rapidly and urged people to take special care ahead of a long weekend and summer school holidays approaching.
On Thursday, the capital Tokyo recorded the highest number of cases since February.
In his first press conference since the former prime minister Shinzo Abe was killed and after the ruling coalition won an election last Sunday (10), Kishida said the highest level of caution was needed.
“Coronavirus is spreading across the country and across all age groups,” he said, urging people to make sure they got their booster shots — especially those in their 20s and 30s, whose vaccination rate is at an all-time high. late.
Source: CNN Brasil
