The government plans to issue a fourth state of emergency for Tokyo from Monday through Aug. 22, sources said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with Cabinet ministers concerned with current measures dealing with the coronavirus.
"The number of infected people is on the rise in Tokyo. We will take thorough measures to curb infections based on data such as the number of infected people and hospital bed occupancy," he told reporters after the meeting at the Prime Minister's Office.
At the meeting, ministers confirmed to extend the emergency-level priority measures that are scheduled to end on July 11 to Aug. 22 in the prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Osaka. They also agreed to extend the state of emergency in Okinawa Prefecture until Aug. 22.
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