Asia Today: Central Japan region put under virus emergency

Aichi Gov. Hideaki Ohmura shows off a placard "State of Emergency" in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Ohmura announced a state of emergency Thursday due to rising virus cases and asked businesses and people to curb their activities, especially during an upcoming holiday. Aichi prefecture has been seeing more than 100 new infections reported daily since mid-July after an extended period of zero new daily cases.

Gov. Hideaki Ohmura told reporters businesses are being asked to close altogether or close early, and people are being asked to stay home at night, to prevent infections from spreading.The requests continue through Aug. 24, a period that coincides with Japanese Obon holidays, when schools and many companies close.

Japan has not had a lockdown. The voluntary emergency measures put in place in April, asking for social distancing to be used and businesses to close, were gradually lifted. Japan has so far nearly 42,700 coronavirus cases and about 1,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University tally based on official figures.— The leader of Australia’s hot spot Victoria urged residents not to panic-buy as he announced reductions in meat productions. The state capital Melbourne began its first full day of tough lockdown restrictions on Thursday as Victoria posted 471 new virus infections and eight deaths.

Aichi Prefecture is the same pop as Arizona. Aichi was 100 cases yesterday, AZ was 1700.

How is this happening in a country where mask wearing is almost universal? I'm not anti-mask but I wonder if this is why the CDC and WHO were not so pro mask wearing back in March. The potential for leading to a sense of safety that might not be there.

Wait... but masks

maybe if they stopped wearing masks and started breathing air they would get fewer virus outbreaks ya know just be human

But masks work? Are we forced to shut down and wear a mask by force of fines and misdemeanors for no reason? Asian countries always wear masks, so with their theory, it shouldn't have even gotten to the rest of the world. 🤔

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