U.S. citizens who reside abroad should avoid all international travel. As a reminder, non-Japanese citizens who leave Japan, even U.S. citizen legal residents, will not be able to return under current restrictions.
I mention earlier on one of my post that I'd try to make my updates a bit more international and perhaps more on "what's happening in your front yard" type of post. The reason is because: Chinese updates are rare and Japanese updates are beginning not to be of much of interest these days to what is happening to the outside world. So if any of you have suggestion on how I should add more to my updates, just let me know.
1. Brazil's Health Ministry registered 14,919 new confirmed cases in the prior 24 hours, taking the total to 233,142, behind only the U.S., Russia and the U.K. Brazil has done just a fraction of the testing seen in those three countries.
2. This was one of my MIM's Street Talk on how this will become world-wide. Funny because I was kind of laughed at.
A law enforcement officer wearing the helmet could do any of the following: Measure the temperature of a specific individual; measure the temperatures of people passing by in larger crowds; scan a person's QR code for personal data; recognize license plates; spot people in the dark; or recognize people using facial recognition.
( I just want to say stay tune for MIM's June 12th "a day of awakening" coming. )
3. This is why I recommend not to go to bowling alleys or bars or even restaurants. The South Korean government says the number of coronavirus cases linked to a cluster that originated in Seoul nightclubs has risen to 168. ( see people, the virus is so easy to catch while indoors )
4. The impact of the new coronavirus pandemic is likely to be hard on international air travel, with recovery only projected to come in 2024. The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, released new analysis of air travel demand on Wednesday. The association said that it expects overall passenger demand, both domestic and international, in 2021 to be 24 percent below 2019 levels. ( remember I said we will have 3 years of uncertainty, I guess my street talk was off , but then again it is over a month old, times do change quickly )
5. This was my Street Talk that I didn't share publicly with you folks on the forum, but I sent out a few PM's regarding this. The reason was, I didn't want to be known as one full of BS. But here it is now people, no longer MIM's Street Talk: The virus that causes COVID-19 can be present in the semen of patients who have the coronavirus, as well as those recovering from it, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Fifty men were enrolled in the study's testing, however only 38 were able to provide a semen sample. Twenty-three of the participants who were able to provide a semen sample recovered from their COVID-19 infection. Two of these recovered patients had COVID-19 in their semen, which is particularly noteworthy, the study said.
6. Five sailors from the embattled aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 retested positive this week, officials confirmed Friday. The sailors had previously returned to the ship, which has been sidelined in Guam as leadership works to get the crew free of the novel coronavirus and back to work.
7. There have been 281,752 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far and 2,631 deaths.
8. Today, all the Israeli insurance companies no longer cover travel to the United States!
9. What will it take to let a tourist enter the country? Look at Austria, which recently unveiled a brand-new concept: Travelers wanting to enter Austria and avoid a two-week quarantine are charged approximately $200 to prove they are free of COVID-19. If travelers elect not to pay, they must go into quarantine. It is a three-hour test that is done upon arrival and the tourist must wait for the results.
Japan update: Sunday May 17, 2020
On the 17th, 27 people were confirmed nationwide, including 8 in Hokkaido and 5 in Tokyo. In addition, eight deaths have been announced nationwide.
By the 17th, there were 16,337 people infected in Japan, including quarantine at the airport, and 712 passengers and crew members on cruise ships, for a total of 17,049 people.
The number of people who died in Japan is 756, and the number of passengers on cruise ships is 13, which is 769 people.
According to each municipality, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Japan is as follows: ▽ Tokyo: 5055 ▽ Osaka: 1770 ▽ Kanagawa: 1266 ▽ Hokkaido: 1014 ▽ Saitama: 985 ▽ Chiba 892 people ▽ Hyogo prefecture 700 people ▽ Fukuoka prefecture 658 people ▽ Aichi prefecture 509 people ▽ Kyoto prefecture 358 people ▽ Ishikawa prefecture 287 people ▽ Toyama prefecture 225 people ▽ Ibaraki prefecture 168 people ▽ Hiroshima prefecture 166 people Number of people ▽ 150 in Gifu prefecture 147 in Gunma prefecture 142 in Okinawa prefecture 122 in Fukui prefecture ▽ 99 in Shiga prefecture ▽ 90 in Nara prefecture ▽ 88 in Miyagi prefecture ▽ 82 in Niigata prefecture ▽ Fukushima prefecture 81 people Nagano prefecture 76 people Kochi prefecture 74 people Shizuoka prefecture 73 people Ehime prefecture 71 people Yamagata prefecture 69 people Wakayama prefecture 63 people Tochigi prefecture 60 people Oita prefecture 60 people ▽ Yamanashi prefecture 57 people ▽ Kumamoto prefecture 48 people ▽ Saga prefecture 47 people ▽ Mie prefecture 45 people ▽ Yamaguchi prefecture 37 people ▽ Kagawa prefecture 28 people ▽ Aomori prefecture 27 people ▽ Okayama prefecture 25 people ▽ Shimane prefecture 24 people ▽ Nagasaki prefecture 17 people ▽ Miyazaki prefecture 17 people ▽ Akita prefecture 16 people ▽ Kagoshima prefecture 10 people ▽ Tokushima prefecture 5 people ▽ Tottori The prefecture has 3 people.
In addition, there were 317 people confirmed by quarantine at airports, and 14 people returned from China by charter aircraft.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of seriously ill persons was 230, and the number of people on board a cruise ship was four, totaling 234 by 17th.
Well, keep you physical distance from everyone, wear mask and eye wear. Save your money for a rainy day.
Here is my newest update. The news around the world is slowing down, but America seems to be getting the most news.
Also, the Italian Mafia wants to get into the money that the EU is going to dish out. Terrible.
Oh, and can American churches get the money also from the govt. since many churches are closed.
On the 18th, there were a total of 662 infected people, including 29 municipalities nationwide, including 290 in Tokyo, 86 in Osaka and 49 in Kanagawa, as well as airport quarantine.
The number of people confirmed to be infected in Japan is 24,916 including those at the airport quarantine, and 712 passengers and crew on cruise ships, for a total of 25,628.
The number of people who died in Japan is 986, and the number of cruise ship passengers is 13, which makes a total of 999 people.
According to the local governments, etc., the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Japan is as follows. The number in parentheses is the new infected person on the 18th. ▽ Tokyo has 9223 people (290) ▽ Osaka prefecture has 2331 people (86) ▽ Kanagawa prefecture has 1966 people (49) ▽ Saitama prefecture has 1714 people (49) ▽ Hokkaido has 1339 people (13) ▽ Chiba prefecture has 1267 people (32) ▽ Fukuoka prefecture has 996 people (24) ▽ Hyogo prefecture has 814 people (12) ▽ Aichi prefecture has 622 people (25) ▽ Kyoto prefecture has 527 people (25) ▽ Ishikawa prefecture has 303 people (2) ▽ Toyama The prefecture has 231 people (1) ▽ Ibaraki prefecture has 220 people (5) ▽ Hiroshima prefecture has 207 people (2) ▽ Gifu prefecture has 173 people (1) ▽ Gunma prefecture has 167 people (1) ▽ Kagoshima prefecture has 164 people ( 1) ▽ 151 people in Nara (8) ▽ 149 in Okinawa ▽ 132 in Miyagi (3) ▽ 126 in Fukui ▽ 124 in Tochigi (6) ▽ 109 in Shiga ▽ Shizuoka 104 people (2) ▽ Niigata prefecture 89 people (1) ▽ Wakayama prefecture has 89 people (2) ▽ Fukushima prefecture has 84 people ▽ Nagano prefecture has 84 people (1) ▽ Ehime prefecture has 82 people ▽ Yamanashi prefecture has 77 people ▽ Kochi prefecture has 76 people ▽ Yamagata prefecture has 75 people ▽ Oita The prefecture has 60 people ▽ Mie prefecture has 56 people (1) ▽ Kumamoto prefecture has 50 people ▽ Saga prefecture has 47 people ▽ Kagawa prefecture has 44 people (1) ▽ Yamaguchi prefecture has 42 people (1) ▽ Nagasaki prefecture has 39 people ( 6) ▽ Okayama prefecture has 37 people (3) ▽ Aomori prefecture has 31 people ▽ Shimane prefecture has 25 people ▽ Miyazaki prefecture has 20 people ▽ Akita prefecture has 16 people ▽ Tokushima prefecture has 10 people ▽ Tottori prefecture has 5 people.
In addition, 446 people were quarantined at the airport, and 173 people were returned to Japan by chartered aircraft from China as well as national staff and quarantine officers.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there are 42 seriously ill persons as of the 18th.
Here are some corona virus cases/reports from places around the world. It seems like America, recently is getting many new cases, yet the number of deaths seem to be lower than the seasonal flu.
In the United States, the number of new cases of the new coronavirus reported on the 1st exceeded 70,000 for two consecutive days, the main media reported that the spread of the infection could not be stopped.
According to the Italian Health Ministry and Civil Protection authorities, which have provided a cohesive national strategy and transparent daily updates since the pandemic first struck in February, Italy went from worst-case scenario to best practice with a strict nationwide lockdown, mandated face coverings inside all public buildings and—here is what is so striking now—rigorous random screening.Every single day, Italian health authorities are finding thousands of asymptomatic COVID cases through random tests like the ones conducted in the Ikea parking lot. Since the screening started less than a month ago, nearly 21,700 asymptomatic cases have been found, isolated, and the spread contained
You have permanent residency in Japan. You pay your taxes, you speak the language, you have married a Japanese national. Despite all that, if you leave the country you are at risk of not being allowed back in.
That is exactly the situation that many non-Japanese residents of this country have found themselves in due to the current pandemic. As governments around the world imposed travel restrictions in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19, Japan was been unique among the G7 nations in treating its foreign residents differently from its citizens, who are allowed to enter the country as long as they submit to a PCR test at their port of entry and agree to isolate themselves for two weeks afterward.
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Troops coming to Europe from the U.S. have to quarantine for 14 days and can no longer test out of it, military officials said Friday as they moved to contain a “significant spike” in coronavirus infections among incoming forces.
Military families and Defense Department civilians coming to Europe from international risk areas for the coronavirus, including the U.S., will also have to quarantine for two weeks, a general order issued by the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base said.
Coronavirus cases are up more than 20 percent in service members this week, to 20,212, as the military’s battle against the pandemic continues to mirror the challenges civilian leaders are facing across the country.
Defense officials have pointed to local spikes in states like California, Arizona, Texas, Georgia and Florida, all home to multiple military installations, as a possible reason for the increase. After numbers of new cases stabilized in May, the Defense Department has seen a steady increase going back to June, when “re-opening” plans began to roll out across the U.S.
TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s president Saturday estimated as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak’s beginning, and urged the public to take the pandemic seriously, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
The coronavirus has revealed how risky it can be to rely on Russia for grain imports. But even more worrisome than Russia limiting exports in times of crisis is the possibility that Russia could limit exports for political leverage.
Russia confirmed 6,234 new coronavirus infections Saturday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 765,437.
Over the past 24 hours 124 people have died, bringing the total toll to 12,247 — a rate considerably lower than in many other countries hit hard by the pandemic.
A total of 7,490 people recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the overall number of recoveries to 546,863.
The US is going back to high case numbers because the lockdown was lifted WAY too soon, by pressure from business and sports to convince the politicians that they knew more about things than scientists and medical experts. I have a word for that, but don't want to soil this thread with my language. "We have met the enemy, and they are us." -- Pogo
