[雙語新聞] 日本宣布進入新冠疫情緊急狀態

06-Apr-2020

2020年4月6日

Japan's Abe to declare state of emergency as COVID-19 cases surge

日本宣布進入新冠病例激增緊急狀態

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak in Japan, due to the recent surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo and other large cities, government sources said on Monday.

日本政府消息人士周一稱，由于最近東京和其他大城市的新冠病毒COVID-19病例激增，日本首相安倍晉三正計劃宣布日本新冠病毒疫情進入緊急狀態。

Pressure had been mounting on Abe to make the declaration amid a surge in COVID-19 cases recently, with calls for the move from Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and the Japan Medical Association intensifying.

在最近新冠病毒COVID-19病例激增之際，安倍面臨的壓力越來越大，要求安倍發表聲明的呼聲也越來越高，東京都知事小池幸子和日本醫學會都在施壓。

The Tokyo metropolitan government along with healthcare specialists said the number of hospital beds available for coronavirus patients will soon reach capacity, with the health ministry desperately trying to secure more.

東京都政府和醫療專家說，可供新冠病毒患者使用的病床數量將很快達到飽和，衛生部正拼命爭取更多的病床。

Adding to pressure on the government to demonstrably bolster its preventive and counter measures to the spread of the virus, a panel of government experts warned recently that the country's healthcare system could collapse if coronavirus cases here continue to spike.

一個政府專家小組最近警告說，如果這里的新冠病毒病例繼續激增，日本的醫療體系可能會崩潰，這給政府施加了更大的壓力，要求政府明顯加強預防和應對病毒傳播的措施。

As of Monday, more than 3,500 people have tested positive and 85 have died from the novel coronavirus in Japan, according to public broadcaster NHK.

據日本廣播公司NHK報道，截至周一日本已有3500多人檢測呈陽性，85人死于新冠病毒。