Jun 29 (NHK) - Japan's minister in charge of coronavirus response has suggested that there's no need to declare a state of emergency a second time.
Nishimura Yasutoshi spoke to reporters on Sunday, one day after the Metropolitan government reported 57 new cases of infection. That's the most since all the nationwide state of emergency was lifted last month.
There were more than 100 new cases nationwide on Friday, and over 90 on Saturday.
Nishimura said he's wary of infections spreading from Tokyo to its neighboring prefectures.
He said the government is analyzing data from each prefecture to identify links in new cases between regions, and possible group infections.
Nishimura noted that for now the government has no plan to declare a state of emergency. He added that the medical system is more than able to deal with all coronavirus patients.
