Japan To Extend Virus Emergency to Mid-September, Sankei Says
- Report comes as health-care system under increased pressure
- More areas to be added to the measure, paper reports
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is poised to expand and extend for about another two weeks a virus state of emergency in Tokyo now set to expire at the end of August, the Sankei newspaper said.
The decision to extend the emergency to mid-September could take place as soon as Tuesday, the paper said. The delta variant has swept across the country, pushing the number of serious cases and patients in hospitals to records. The emergency currently in force in Tokyo and five other prefectures, will be expanded to include the western regions of Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka, the Sankei added.