Tokyo Lifting Coronavirus Alert
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is lifting the capital's coronavirus alert. This paves the way for step three, which allows bars and restaurants to stay open until midnight and allows amusement parks and pachinko parlors to reopen.
The metropolitan government issued a "Tokyo alert" on June 2nd following a spike in cases. The alert urged residents to remain vigilant against the virus with government buildings lit up in red as a reminder.
The decision to lift the alert comes after the situation improved in recent days. So far Tokyo has reported 22 newly confirmed cases on Thursday. In the previous four days the daily figure was below 20.
Last month the central government lifted a nationwide state of emergency as the number of new cases across the country decreased.
