Japanese island struck by second wave of coronavirus after lifting lockdown
ON APRIL 29, 20208:02 PMIN CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
Coronavirus hits Japanese island in a second wave after ending a three-week lockdown when cases fell to single digits — as infections soar to 135 in a week.

The northern region of Hokkaido lifted its lockdown on March 19 so that businesses and schools could reopen.

This came as a result of the number of new cases falling to one or two per day.

Now though, only 26 days later, the island has re-enforced its lockdown as 135 new cases were reported in one week.

Dr. Kiyoshi Nagase, chairman of the Hokkaido Medical Association, told TIME: ‘Now I regret it, we should not have lifted the first state of emergency.

It really may not be until next year that we can safely lift these lockdowns.

The local government had assessed the impact immigration would have on the spread of coronavirus on the island but had not taken into account domestic migration.

Yoko Tsukamoto, a professor of infection control at the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido said that with hindsight, the lockdown lift was too early.

‘At the time, we didn’t have enough information and we did not have an adequate understanding of this disease.

‘And, given the information that was available – that new cases were down to one or two a day – it could be argued that the governor made the right decision in lifting the state of emergency.

‘We know that was the wrong move now, but then it seemed the best thing to do,’ she told The Telegraph.

She said: ‘These lockdowns and states of emergency will have to be lifted eventually, but the lesson is to wait as long as possible, to get accurate data on infection numbers and to be very, very cautious when the rules are relaxed.



Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/japanese-island-struck-by-2nd-wave-of-coronavirus-after-lifting-lockdown/

Okay

We need to thread with caution!

I wish Nigeria could learn from this... But the government seems not to be gelling the masses with the so called 'palliatives'.

And lagos want to lift ban on movement. Anyway, some people prefer to witness what happened in 1918 rather than learning from the story. Let's watch and see