Apr 13 (soranews24.com) - When people stay away, the rats come out to play.
Up until these past two weeks, the Japanese government has been handling the coronavirus outbreak with a relatively light hand. For a while, the only advice being given to the public was that they should refrain from congregating in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces where people converse in close proximity, which meant day-to-day life has been proceeding pretty much as normal.
However, now that cases are rising steadily, particularly in the nation’s capital, the Prime Minster declared a month-long state of emergency for seven of the country’s worst-hit areas on 7 April, and the governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, is now firmly pushing for businesses to close and for everyone to stay home.
While these requests can’t be enforced due to the civil liberties preserved in the Japanese Constitution, images from some of Tokyo’s busiest areas show a vast majority of people appear to be following the governor’s calls to stay indoors.
