Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday called on the public to cooperate...
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday called on the public to cooperate in a “tough battle” to contain the coronavirus outbreak in coming weeks as the country prepares to hold the Olympic Games in Tokyo as planned.
Abe had already come under fire for his handling of the coronavirus, and Saturday’s news conference was his first since the outbreak. Abe, who returned to office in 2012 and is now Japan’s longest-serving premier, has made hosting the Tokyo Olympics a top priority of his tenure. Officials have repeatedly denied that they are considering postponing or canceling the Games.
He said measures, using 270 billion yen in budget reserves, including steps for smaller firms, would be coming in the next 10 days. He promised to boost Japan’s capacity to test for the coronavirus, following reports some people were turned away despite doctors’ recommendations and suspicions that authorities were under-testing to keep contagion numbers low.
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