COVID-19 Update: April 30, 2020 (1)
Tokyo reported 46 cases today as testing continues to remain ridiculously low. While the Govt keeps talking about increasing the “capacity” to conduct tests, the actual number of tests being conducted daily remain way below the capacity. Unless this changes, a true sense of the pandemic in Japan will never be understood and the crisis […]
COVID-19 Update: April 29, 2020 (1)
47 cases reported in Tokyo today, again due to drastically lower testing conducted as we head into the Golden Week holidays. Why can’t Japan get its testing act together? It is shocking how inefficiently this crisis is being handled in the country…
COVID-19 Update: April 28, 2020 (1)
Tokyo is back to its 100+ cases a day level with 112 cases being reported today as more number of tests were conducted compared to the weekend. It is almost certain now that the state of emergency will be extended beyond May 6th.
COVID-19 Update: April 27, 2020 (1)
Only 39 new cases reported in Tokyo today! Of course, the scale of testing also dropped sharply during the weekend. Unless this downward trend holds for the next 10 days or so, it will again be written off as a blip caused by inadequate testing. Let’s see what numbers are reported mid-week.
COVID-19 Update: April 26, 2020 (1)
73 cases reported in Tokyo today, keeping up the trend of dropping numbers over the weekend. Inconsistent and inadequate testing is giving people a false sense of security. Japan desperately needs to ramp up testing.
COVID-19 Update: April 25, 2020 (1)
As expected, the weekend brings a drop in cases reported with Tokyo reporting 103 new cases since the testing numbers have also dropped. It is becoming more and more clear that unless Japan drastically ramps up its testing capabilities, this pandemic will take a very long time to come under control.
COVID-19 Update: April 24, 2020 (1)
Bad news as we head into the weekend here in Tokyo. After 132 cases yesterday, Tokyo reported 161 news cases today, which is a very sharp rise.
COVID-19 Update: April 23, 2020 (1)
Tokyo reported another 134 new cases of the coronavirus today. Governor Koike made an earnest appeal to all people to not travel during the upcoming Golden Week holidays. She specifically appealed to people to stay at home between April 25th till May 6th in order to further strengthen the measures taken to prevent the spread […]
COVID-19 Update: April 22, 2020 (1)
132 new cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Tokyo today.
COVID-19 Update: April 21, 2020 (1)
123 new cases reported in Tokyo today. It remains to be seen if the number of deaths is higher than the 25 that were reported yesterday.