Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has called on people to stay home and reduce contact with others by 70 to 80 percent for the next month in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Abe was speaking at a news conference on Tuesday after he declared a month-long state of emergency for seven prefectures including Tokyo and Osaka.

Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures over the coronavirus outbreak.

Other than Tokyo, the declaration applies to the neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba, as well as Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures in western Japan, through May 6.

Japan's prime minister Abe Shinzo has declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The Japanese government is set to announce emergency economic measures on Tuesday to deal with the impact of the coronavirus. The package is worth about one trillion dollars. Tokyo plans to issue additional bonds to help fund the spending.

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has said that the scale of the stimulus will be unprecedented equivalent to about one-fifth of Japan's gross domestic product.

Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is explaining his decision to declare a state of emergency to members of the Lower and Upper chambers of the Diet.

The coronavirus outbreak has pushed the government to issue fresh measures for Tokyo and six other prefectures.

Rooms of a business hotel in Tokyo that will accommodate coronavirus patients with mild or no symptoms were shown to the media on Tuesday.

The Tokyo Metropolitan government plans to move less ill patients to hotels in the capital to secure enough hospital beds to prepare for a possible spike in the number of severely ill patients.

An advisory panel of experts are giving the Japanese government the green light to move ahead with the declaration of a state of emergency. The measures will cover Tokyo and six other prefectures.

They come amid a rapid spread of the coronavirus in the capital and other major Japanese cities and an increase in the number of cases with untraceable infection routes.

The number of new daily coronavirus cases reported in Japan on Tuesday stood at nine as of 11:30 a.m.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 4,108, including people found to have the virus during arrival checks at airports, health ministry and quarantine officials, as well as those who returned to Japan on chartered planes from China.

An advisory panel of experts are meeting with Japanese government ministers ahead of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's expected declaration of a state of emergency. The measure comes as the capital and other major Japanese cities have seen a rapid spread of the coronavirus and an increase in the number of cases with untraceable infection routes.

Government ministers are listening to the experts' opinion before the declaration is issued later on Tuesday.

Keio University Hospital in Tokyo says 18 trainee doctors have contracted the coronavirus. The infections came to light after dozens of trainees dined together, despite being repeatedly warned not to.

The hospital says in a statement on its website that one trainee, who completed an internship program in the hospital, initially tested positive on March 31.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is expected to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures on Tuesday in a bid to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

The move comes as Tokyo and other major Japanese cities experience a rapid spread of the virus and an increase in the number of cases with untraceable infection routes.

Japan's government is set to ask residents in designated prefectures to refrain from travelling to other prefectures as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

The government is set to revise its basic guidelines to deal with the outbreak. This comes as the prime minister is expected to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday.

The declaration of a state of emergency will put certain restrictions on people's lives.

The declaration will give prefectural governors the authority to ask residents in designated areas to refrain from non-essential outings for a certain period of time.

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has said whether the coronavirus can be contained will depend on how people behave after a state of emergency is declared, and urged citizens to stay at home.

Koike made the comment during a press conference on Monday evening, when she called for unity among Tokyoites to overcome the difficulties.