Japan identifies 15 coronavirus clusters
16 March, 2020
Japan's health ministry said it has identified 15 clusters of coronavirus infections around the united states.
The largest cluster was in the Osaka area, with more than 50 infections centred around a music venue, according to a document on the ministry's website. It had been initially reported by Kyodo news.
The prefectures of Hokkaido, Aichi and Wakayama and the city of Tokyo each had clusters greater than 10 people.
By Sunday, 1,484 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Japan, according to local news organisation NHK.
This consists of 697 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and 14 persons evacuated from Hubei province on government-chartered flights.
A complete of 29 persons have died, including seven from the Diamond Princess.
Japan's coronavirus outbreak isn't at a stage that requires the federal government to declare a crisis, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday.
Abe, who made the comment at a news conference in Tokyo, also said that experts have figured Japan has not seen an explosive rise in coronavirus cases.
Abe and his government have already been adamant the Olympics will just do it, even while other global sporting events have been placed on hold.
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