Japanese outbreak may be linked to performances by overseas groups

News from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. On the afternoon of the 15th, eight new cases of new crown pneumonia were confirmed in Tokyo, Japan. Seven of them participated in the New Year's party on a cruise ship with a taxi driver who had previously confirmed the infection. As of 17:30 on February 15th, Japan has accumulatively diagnosed 334 cases of new coronary pneumonia. Among them, 285 people on the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship docked at Yokohama Port have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. Newly diagnosed cases were distributed in multiple regions of Japan, and many people had extensive contact with the outside world before diagnosis.

Singapore's Straits Times said on the 14th that Japan was struggling to find links between new cases, fearing that the virus had "hidden outbreaks" in Japan. Kyodo News said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic continued to expand in Japan, the path of infection of some new cases was unknown, and the possibility of community transmission increased.

"In Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, the number of confirmed patients has shown a decreasing trend, and the end of the tunnel is seeing light. Now, the senior consultant of the World Health Organization (WHO), an expert on infectious disease countermeasures, said in Yokohama. The world is worried about Japan. I hope to keep working hard. "

Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" sounded the alarm on the 14th in Okinawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Hokkaido, and Aichi Prefecture. "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" said on the 14th that Japan first reported the deaths of patients with new coronary pneumonia infection on the 13th. In addition, some patients were not clear about the connection with China. This may mean that there is a loophole in the virus inspection network in Japan. "It has spread out of sight." "Toyo Economic Online" criticized on the 14th that the Japanese government's response to the epidemic was too careless, and it can be said that the emergency response adopted was a failure.

It is reported that from the end of 2019 to the beginning of February 2020, an performing group called "Shen Yun Art Troupe" held multiple performances in Kyoto, Saitama, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and other places. Currently, the same performance is being performed in South Korea. To prevent the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the South Korean government has cancelled multiple performances of the group at the request of citizens. Earlier, South Korean media reported that the "Shen Yun Art Troupe" did not wear a mask at the entry airport, and many members of the art troupe experienced cough and fever.