The Tokyo Olympics will begin tomorrow (23rd). However, according to estimates by Japanese experts, the number of confirmed cases of the Chinese Communist Party in Tokyo during the Eastern Olympics may reach 2,600, which is higher than the previous estimate of 2,400 cases in a single day after the end of the Olympics. Some experts believe that Japan has entered the fifth wave of the CCP virus epidemic, which may be worse than the third wave, and strongly urge everyone to be vigilant.
According to a report by Kyodonet, 1,832 new cases of the CCP virus were diagnosed in Tokyo yesterday. This is the first time since January 16 that more than 1,800 people have been diagnosed. This shows that the epidemic in Tokyo is expanding rapidly. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government also held an epidemic monitoring meeting yesterday. Experts estimate that according to the current spread of the epidemic, Tokyo may have nearly 2,600 confirmed cases in a single day before the end of the East Olympics on August 3.
In yesterday’s epidemic monitoring meeting, experts analyzed that the epidemic is not only rising in Tokyo, but also in the three counties of the metropolitan area.
According to data from the conference, the average number of newly confirmed cases per day throughout Japan during the week ended July 20 was 1.53 times that of the previous week. In Tokyo and Okinawa prefectures that have issued “emergency declarations”, the number of newly diagnosed cases in the former one was 1.49 times that of the previous week, and the latter was 1.67 times. The medical capacity situation in Okinawa Prefecture and other places has once again been challenged from slowing down to severe.
President Nakagawa of the Japanese Medical Association believes that Japan has entered the fifth wave of the epidemic, and he is worried that this wave of epidemics will be worse than the third wave, which has the largest number of confirmed cases. Qu Guifu, director of the International Center for Infectious Diseases, also pointed out that the number of newly diagnosed cases in Tokyo in a single day in the next two weeks may soar to 2,600, far exceeding the serious situation in the third wave in January this year.
According to the analysis of experts in the Tokyo Metropolitan Epidemic Surveillance Conference, the proportion of people diagnosed with the highly infectious Delta variant virus has continued to increase, and the proportion has risen to 30.5% in the week ending July 11. With the increase in the proportion of the elderly population in Japan who are vaccinated, the age group of new cases has shifted to a population of 20 to 50 years old.
According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the Tokyo Olympics will be opened tomorrow, but it has been reported that many contestants and related personnel have been infected. As of yesterday, the total number of confirmed cases reached 79. The East Olympics Organizing Committee even stated on the 20th that it might not be ruled out at the end. Cancel the event at an instant Up to now, only 34% of the population in Japan received the first dose of the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19) vaccine, which has also caused the outside world to worry about the possibility of a super transmission event in East Olympics.
In this regard, the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization Tan Desai said frankly on the 21st that the risk cannot be ruled out at such a severe stage of the epidemic, and how to deal with it is the key. He believes that identification, isolation, tracking, and treatment should be carried out as soon as possible to effectively stop the spread. .
Facing the urgency of the East Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on the Japanese nationals to “cheer for the athletes through TV at home.” He also constantly called on residents in the emergency declaration areas to avoid non-emergency outings.
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