39 out of 47 prefectures had their state of emergency lifted<\/a><\/em><\/strong> last week but it will continue to apply in Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba and Hokkaido until May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Japanese government has set several criteria to ease restrictions in prefectures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of which looks at the ratio of new Covid-19 cases against the total population of the prefecture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another is the availability of healthcare facilities to accommodate more patients suffering from the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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