Coronavirus latest: Tokyo prepares to lift alert to highest level after nightlife clusters

Tokyo is considering raising its alert for coronavirus infections to the highest of four levels, officials said on Wednesday, after a spike in cases to record numbers in the Japanese capital.In Tokyo, daily coronavirus cases exceeded 200 in four of the last six days, reaching an all-time high of 243 cases last Friday as testing among workers in the metropolis’s red-light districts turned up infections among young people in their 20s and 30s.Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike confirmed that Tokyo would…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3093220/coronavirus-latest-tokyo-prepares-lift-alert-highest-level