"Fundamental responses should be made as early as today or tomorrow," Shigeru Omi, head of the Japan Community Healthcare Organisation, said. "We are barely holding the line and remain at a critical point where virus cases could surge if we let down our guard," Abe told a parliamentary committee. Omi said that while Japan was not seeing an uncontrolled spike in cases now, more clusters of infections were being reported. I want everyone to share the awareness that one should both protect oneself while also avoiding spreading [the virus]," she told a news conference. A Bank of Japan poll showed the mood of industrial manufacturers at its most pessimistic for seven years.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 01, 2020 22:18 UTC