Japanese epidemic prevention faces multiple pressures

On July 29, pedestrians wearing masks walked on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Xinhua News Agency

According to a report by Kyodo News Agency on August 11, the latest statistics from the World Health Organization showed that Japan added 149,968 new crown pneumonia infection within the first week of this month, setting a record in the world for 3 consecutive weeks. In contrast to this, the Japanese government's new crown pneumonia expert group is repeatedly submitted to the cabinet, asking the Japanese government to "see new crown pneumonia as ordinary diseases" to respond. Japanese Prime Minister Kishita Nakano even stated that after the "seventh wave of epidemic" was eased, the issue of epidemic level classification was re -considered.

The epidemic spreads "explosive"

The "seventh wave of epidemic" in Japan is fierce, and it spreads in the "explosive" spread. From the perspective of confirmed cases, on August 10, 250,403 newly confirmed cases in Japan were added, and the number of new cases in a single day was new and over 250,000 for the first time. The number of deaths on the day was 251.

From the scope of the scope, on August 3, 24 newly confirmed cases in 47 Metro Prefecture in Japan reached a new high. On August 4, the number of new infections in Tokyo was 35,339, although it decreased by 5067 a week ago, the average number of cases in a week still exceeded 30,000. In addition to Tokyo, more than 10,000 new cases on the day were Osaka Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Aichi Prefecture. In addition, the number of new cases of new cases on the day of 11 areas including Hiroshima County, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yamani County, and Hokkaido has refreshed a record high.

From the perspective of the strain, while the mutant new crown virus Omikon subtype BA.5 spread significantly, Tokyo, Osaka and other places have successively confirmed the infected person of the Omikon BA.2.75 mutant strain, experts, experts, experts, experts It is said that this new types of mutation strains are more contagious, which can reach three times that of the BA.5 mutant strain, and there have been signs of popularity in Tokyo.

Japanese experts said that the current infection is unprecedented, and it is not surprising that anyone is infected anywhere. Even Kishida's "people around" were infected one after another. Matsuni Matsno Matsuna, the chief of the Japanese cabinet official room, was diagnosed on July 23, and then wasolated at home. It was not resumed on the spot until August 2. In addition, three of the eight prime ministers have been infected. At this point, Japan has been diagnosed with 129 members of Congress infected with new crown pneumonia.

"Epidemic prevention and downgrade" provoked controversy

Faced with the current rapid spread of the epidemic, the Japanese government publicly stated that it will not take action restrictions again, but must do everything possible to ensure the stability of the medical system. Kishida Wenxiong said on July 31 that the "seventh wave of epidemic" was considered to take "pre -pre -downgrading" measures after the alleviation.

At present, the Japanese government has determined the danger level of new crown pneumonia as "second -class infectious diseases", which is the same as tuberculosis. If it is reduced to "five types of infectious diseases", the new coronary pneumonia will be equivalent to "seasonal influenza", which can greatly alleviate the burden on the government and hospitals.

According to the relevant laws and regulations of Japan, after the "preparation of epidemic prevention", the medical expenses of patients will no longer be reimbursed by the government in full. Instead, they are suitable for the medical insurance system. Individuals will bear 10%to 30%of medical expenses.

There are quite a lot of medical circles for "pre -downgrading of epidemic prevention". Their views that the currently spreading BA.5 strains have a strong communication with the newly discovered BA.2.75 strains. After the "preparation of epidemic prevention", if the government does not have a good grasp of epidemic dissemination, it may cause omissions, resulting in expanding the scope of infection, extending the prevention and control front, which is also not good for the environmental environment for preventing and controlling the epidemic. Some people in the industry pointed out that if new crown pneumonia is equal to a cold, it will further increase the spread of the new coronal virus transmission chain. When anyone wants to go to the hospital to see ordinary diseases, a positive infected person sitting around a new crown pneumonia is not known.

In fact, if the new coronary pneumonia is classified to the level of influenza, patients will not get any protection other than medical insurance. This has aroused concerns in the industry.

At present, from the vaccine in the prevention link to the subsidies of food and daily necessities that areolate home after infection, all response measures for the prevention and control of new crown pneumonia in Japan belong to public services. The new crown vaccine in Japan is not "priced" now, but it must not be cheap. So far, it is very hard to mobilize the people to get free vaccines. If you pay for it at your own expense and you need to take several stitches, many people will not vaccinate at all. If the vaccination rate is reduced due to the "pre -downgrading of epidemic prevention", it must be neither the situation that the Japanese government wants to see, but it will also cause a burden on medical institutions due to inadequate vaccination.

"Reverse effect" is continuous fermentation

Japan's relaxation of epidemic prevention restrictions does not achieve expected effects in economic and social life. As the "seventh wave of epidemic" spread, the existing prevention and control really fell into the dilemma of "not entering, not retreat". Concentrated in three levels.

First, the tourism industry is still cold. On the willingness of the global tourists to "retaliate tourism", Japan is still very popular. Japan's aviation, hotels, and retail industries also look forward to further relaxation of epidemic prevention policies, which can drive consumption in the future, and then boost the Japanese economy. But the current results are disappointing. According to data from the Japan Immigration Service Bureau, from June 10 to July 10, Japan received a total of about 1,500 inbound tourists, a significant decline of 95%compared with the same period in 2019. This number has a great contrast with the upper limit number of 20,000 entry tourists set by the Japanese government per day. The continuous depreciation of the yen may have become an opportunity to attract foreign tourists to visit Japan, but in the past, it was still "sluggish" in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and other places due to the lively foreign tourists. According to Japanese media reports, although attractions such as theme parks in the Capital Circle and Universal Studios in Osaka have been restored, the number of overseas tourists still has no sign of recovery. In several well -known attractions in Kyoto, there are also few tourists.

The second is the changes in family and social life. The home -office system adopted for the epidemic has changed the existing model of family life. Not only did family contradictions increase, but the problem of housing tensions also appeared. At the same time, how companies are evaluating the performance of domestic employees, how to ensure that the various business and technical secrets of the enterprise are not leaked, and how to ensure that employees' loyalty to the enterprise has also become a new issue for enterprise management. At the folk level, compared with the risk of severe crowns and deaths in infection, public opinion seems to be more concerned about the livelihood issues caused by the devaluation of the yen and the rise in prices, and worry that the economic situation in Japan will be further weak under the prevention of epidemic prevention policies.

Third, the expected values ​​of nationals' predicted countermeasures increased. The National Police Survey conducted by Kyodo News on July 30 and 31 showed that the support rate of Japanese cabinet was 12.2 percentage points from the last statistics. The lowest value since the establishment of Kishida Cabinet in October 2021. In addition, the increasing support rate increased by 7.1 percentage points. Japanese media analysis pointed out that there are three main reasons for the low support rate of Kishida cabinets: epidemic prevention policies, Abe national funeral, and unified church incidents.

The proportion of "affirmation" answers to the Japanese government's epidemic response was reduced by 7.7 percentage points from the last survey to 53.3%; the proportion of "non -affirmation" respondents increased to 42.2%. 28.1%of the "affirmation" of government price increases, and 63.6%of those who "do not affirm". In addition, 51.9%of the people should prevents the epidemic from expanding the epidemic, and 46.2%think that 51.9%of them should be preferred to restore the economy.

Therefore, regardless of whether or not or not to make adjustments to the "downgrade and downgrade", Japan has appeared to be "powerless" in terms of epidemic prevention. The Ministry of Labor and Labor, Japan is considering the launch of a discount plan. Analysis of industry insiders pointed out that Japan's priority should be to formulate new laws and regulations in a targeted manner, and to flexibly adjust the medical and healing system.

(Reporter Ma Yu'an)

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