Japan and Austria News about Coronavirus and others

 Japan and Austria News about Coronavirus and others : THE JAPAN NEWS COVID

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Tokyo reports 649 new cases of coronavirus; 727 record highs in Hokkaido:

TOKYO

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 649 new cases of coronavirus, up from 194 on Thursday.

Tokyo's average for the past seven days stands at 675.

     People in their 20s (216 cases) and 30s (114) were counted with the highest numbers, while 82 cases were 60 years and older.

The number of infected people admitted to a hospital with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 65, a fourth drop from Thursday, health officials said. The national average was a record high of 1,294, up from six since Thursday.

     Hokkaido reported 727 high cases, 499 in Sapporo, local health officials said.

Nationally, the number of cases reported from 6.30pm. 5,253. After Hokkaido and Tokyo, the worst-hit districts were Aichi (597), Osaka (415), Fukuoka (387), Kanagawa (327), Hiroshima (219), Okinawa (207), Saitama (182), Chiba (168, Hyogo (162), Okayama (111), Kyoto (110), Gifu (89), Kumamoto (69), Shizuoka (64), Ibaraki (53), Oita (47), Kagoshima (47), Tochigi ( 46)), Mie (39), Shiga (38), Gunma (36), Yamaguchi (36), Saga (36) and Nagano (35).

 109 was reoirted batuibwude as the number of coranavirus related deaths in the town.

Australia urges over-50s to get jabbed as vaccination doubts grow:

USYDNEY

Australia on Friday pressed over-50s to get their coronavirus shots, as fears mounted that doubting the vaccine could put the country at risk.

     Australia is one of the few countries in the world to end public transmission of COVID-19, but rollout of vaccines has slowed. After a delay in permanent delivery, there is growing evidence that Australian adults are more concerned about the side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine than getting the virus.

"I urge those over the age of 50 to take this jab," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, "and if you are over 70, I would strongly encourage you."My mother had it, my mother-in-law had it, and they did a great deal," Morrison said, trying to reduce anxiety about the widespread risks of blood clotting.

The World Health Organization recommends continuing to use the AstraZeneca gun, saying that the benefits far outweigh the general risk associated with clots.

But according to a recent study by Essential Report, only 42 percent of Australians say they will be vaccinated very quickly, and about one-third will receive a Pfizer shot but not AstraZeneca.

The poll showed a significant jump in vaccination doubts over the 55s since early April, when the government said those under 50 would get Pfizer more than AstraZeneca jabs.

A separate Resolve Strategic Survey of the Sydney Morning Herald showed similar results.

It is estimated that 25 percent of the 4.6 million vaccines distributed throughout Australia have so far not been used.

Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1996, rallied Friday, writing in a tweet: "I will be getting my second AstraZeneca vaccine."

  He said that the blood pressure isa risk we could have made withouti it.

"But one death of more than a million doses strikes 5-10,000 people (most, chronic illness) out of the million we would have expected if the virus had ended here."

Experts say Australia's success in escaping COVID-19 could lead to a reduction.

     They point to Taiwan as evidence that the astronomical record of the virus could be lost quickly. An island of 24 million people - similar to Australia's 25 million people - has recorded more than 1,000 new diseases in five days.

Australia is betting heavily on the AstraZeneca pit after efforts to produce a local vaccine failed.

It has been increasing orders for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, based on different mRNA technologies.

     Critics of the government say the decline in vaccines means that Australia's borders, which were closed in March 2020, will have to remain closed for a long time until next year.

"We are bright," said opposition parliamentary staff member Andrew Leigh. "The Minister of Health should encourage everyone to get vaccinated as soon as possible."

Japan could seize all Myanmar aid, Foreign Minister warns:

     Tokyo could hold all aid to Myanmar, Japan's foreign minister warned in a statement published Friday, as the military continues to use deadly force on opponents of its insurgency.

Japan is Myanmar's main sponsor, and has already suspended new aid after the military ousted military leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But Toshimitsu Motegi, speaking to Nikkei newspaper, said the snow could be increased.

     "We do not want to do that at all, but we must say firmly that it will be difficult to continue under these circumstances," he told the newspaper. "As a country that has supported Myanmar's democracy in various ways, and as a friend, we must represent the international community and convey that.

Japan announced in March that it was suspending all new aid to Myanmar's poor to respond to the protests, although it did not impose sanctions on foreign military and police officials.

Motegi said Japan is a major economic aid provider in Myanmar, and Tokyo has a long-standing relationship with the country's military.

     According to Nikkei, Japan has provided development assistance to Myanmar in 2019 with $ 1.74 billion in funding, more than any other country with discounted prices. Chinese aid statistics are not public. More than 800 people have been killed in Myanmar as a result of the unrest since the military ousted Suu Kyi in a war on February 1.

     A Japanese journalist arrested in connection with the uprising was released last week and returned to Tokyo. His release came as Japan claimed to have given Myanmar $ 4 million in emergency aid through the World Food Program. Tokyo's demanded the release of Suu Kyi and the restoration of democracy.

Motegi told the Nikkei that Tokyo was still negotiating with the junta.

"We have many different stations in Myanmar, including the military, Europe.

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