Japan's Covid-19 cases reached a new daily record on Wednesday, as the government faced mounting pressure from health experts to impose a strict state of emergency for the Tokyo greater metropolitan area.Rising infections have driven the Tokyo and surrounding areas to the highest level of a four-stage alert, prompting regional governors to call for a declaration of emergency that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to announce on Thursday.Also Read | The race to take fashion retail onlineThe health ministry held a meeting of infectious disease experts on Wednesday, the second in as many days.
They have called for stricter and longer countermeasures, while Suga has sought a more limited response to avoid damaging the economy."Even if.