Japan ‘On the Brink’ as It Struggles to Hold Back CCP Virus

Japan ‘On the Brink’ as It Struggles to Hold Back CCP Virus
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wearing a protective face mask, gestures next to Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso during an upper house parliamentary session in Tokyo, Japan on April 1, 2020. Issei Kato/Reuters
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TOKYO—Japan will ban entry to foreigners from 73 countries and ask everyone arriving from abroad to quarantine themselves for two weeks as it struggles to contain the CCP virus, with a senior minister warning the country had been pushed “to the brink.”

Medical experts advising Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a news conference on Wednesday that the rapid spread of contagion was severely straining hospitals in Tokyo, in Osaka, and some other prefectures and that quick action was vital.