Kirk here with some COVID-19 news. “Suga on Thursday announced a milder version of the emergency measures in eight prefectures, including Fukushima in the east and Kumamoto in the south, expanding the areas to 13 prefectures. The less-stringent measures allow prefectural heads to target specific towns but cannot order business closures.” I was just watching NHK and they showed Kumamoto Prefecture in red, indicating that today’s number of new positives, 127, is an all-time high for the prefecture. The Delta variant is nothing to trifle with.
P.S. I don’t have details about the new, “less-stringent measures” at my finger tips at this writing. I’ll try to follow up when I can. Or, perhaps someone else can help with that.
