[双语新闻] 日本宣布进入新冠疫情紧急状态

06-Apr-2020

2020年4月6日

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

日本宣布进入新冠病例激增紧急状态

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称，由于最近东京和其他大城市的新冠病毒COVID-19病例激增，日本首相安倍晋三正计划宣布日本新冠病毒疫情进入紧急状态。

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病例激增之际，安倍面临的压力越来越大，要求安倍发表声明的呼声也越来越高，东京都知事小池幸子和日本医学会都在施压。

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.

东京都政府和医疗专家说，可供新冠病毒患者使用的病床数量将很快达到饱和，卫生部正拼命争取更多的病床。

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.

一个政府专家小组最近警告说，如果这里的新冠病毒病例继续激增，日本的医疗体系可能会崩溃，这给政府施加了更大的压力，要求政府明显加强预防和应对病毒传播的措施。

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.

据日本广播公司NHK报道，截至周一日本已有3500多人检测呈阳性，85人死于新冠病毒。