"Two medical associations said the coronavirus outbreak was reducing the ability of Japan's hospitals to treat other, serious, medical emergencies.
Hospitals are already turning away patients, and all this while the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 remains relatively low compared with other countries.
Doctors have complained of a lack of protective equipment, which suggests Japan has not prepared well for the virus. This is despite the fact it was the second country outside China to record an infection, way back in January.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been criticised for not introducing restrictions to deal with the outbreak sooner for fear they could harm the economy.
His government has argued with the governor of Tokyo, who wanted tougher measures introduced more quickly.
Only on Thursday did Mr Abe extend a state of emergency to the whole country.
Hospitals are already turning away patients, and all this while the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 remains relatively low compared with other countries.
Doctors have complained of a lack of protective equipment, which suggests Japan has not prepared well for the virus. This is despite the fact it was the second country outside China to record an infection, way back in January.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been criticised for not introducing restrictions to deal with the outbreak sooner for fear they could harm the economy.
His government has argued with the governor of Tokyo, who wanted tougher measures introduced more quickly.
Only on Thursday did Mr Abe extend a state of emergency to the whole country.
"Virus stigma driving Tokyo's front-line hospitals to edge of collapse"
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/25/national/tokyo-front-line-hospital/#.XqYG9WhKiM8
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/25/national/tokyo-front-line-hospital/#.XqYG9WhKiM8
"Japan scenario projects ICU bed shortage in most prefectures during pandemic's peak
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...st-prefectures-coronavirus-peak/#.XqYHYmhKiM8
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...st-prefectures-coronavirus-peak/#.XqYHYmhKiM8
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when the governor lifted restrictions, a second wave of infections hit even harder.
"This Japanese Island Lifted Its Coronavirus Lockdown Too Soon and Became a Warning to the World
Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido offers a grim lesson in the next phase of the battle against COVID-19. It acted quickly and contained an early outbreak of the coronavirus with a 3-week lockdown. But, when the governor lifted restrictions, a second wave of infections hit even harder. Twenty-six days later, the island was forced back into lockdown.
A doctor who helped coordinate the government response says he wishes they’d done things differently. “Now I regret it, we should not have lifted the first state of emergency,” Dr. Kiyoshi Nagase, chairman of the Hokkaido Medical Association, tells TIME.
Hokkaido’s story is a sobering reality check for leaders across the world as they consider easing coronavirus lockdowns: Experts say restrictions were lifted too quickly and too soon because of pressure from local businesses, coupled with a false sense of security in its declining infection rate.
“Hokkaido shows, for example, that what’s happening in the U.S. with individual governors opening up is very dangerous; of course you can’t close interstate traffic but you need to put controls in place,” says Kazuto Suzuki, Vice Dean of International Politics at Hokkaido University. “That’s what we now know: Even if you control the first wave, you can’t relax.
continued at length at:
https://time.com/5826918/hokkaido-coronavirus-lockdown/
"This Japanese Island Lifted Its Coronavirus Lockdown Too Soon and Became a Warning to the World
Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido offers a grim lesson in the next phase of the battle against COVID-19. It acted quickly and contained an early outbreak of the coronavirus with a 3-week lockdown. But, when the governor lifted restrictions, a second wave of infections hit even harder. Twenty-six days later, the island was forced back into lockdown.
A doctor who helped coordinate the government response says he wishes they’d done things differently. “Now I regret it, we should not have lifted the first state of emergency,” Dr. Kiyoshi Nagase, chairman of the Hokkaido Medical Association, tells TIME.
Hokkaido’s story is a sobering reality check for leaders across the world as they consider easing coronavirus lockdowns: Experts say restrictions were lifted too quickly and too soon because of pressure from local businesses, coupled with a false sense of security in its declining infection rate.
“Hokkaido shows, for example, that what’s happening in the U.S. with individual governors opening up is very dangerous; of course you can’t close interstate traffic but you need to put controls in place,” says Kazuto Suzuki, Vice Dean of International Politics at Hokkaido University. “That’s what we now know: Even if you control the first wave, you can’t relax.
continued at length at:
https://time.com/5826918/hokkaido-coronavirus-lockdown/
