Tokyo Governor urges citizens to avoid gatherings during cherry blossom season

Yuriko Koike, goverr of Tokyo on Thursday said that taking away hanami from Japanese because of coronavirus ''would be like taking away hugs from Italians''. Yuriko Koike's statement came after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with whom she reportedly discussed what to do with hanami amid coronavirus outbreak. Hanami is a trition in Japan where friends and family gar under cherry blossom trees for copious quantities of food and drink to enjoy cherry blossom season. 

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However, Yuriko Koike urged Japanese citizens to refrain from having fun parties at Ue Park, referring to a large central Tokyo park popular with partygoers who gar re annually to celebrate hanami. Meteorologists expect cherry blossoms to begin blooming around March 17 in Tokyo. Earlier last month, Tokyo marathon was restricted for elite athletes only after virus outbreak escalated globally. Tokyo is scheduled to host 2020 Olympics in July, which Koike has insisted will go ahe as planned. 

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According to data acquired by worldometer, Japan has so far recorded 639 coronavirus cases, of which 118 have recovered fully while 505 patients are still under observation. According to data, 16 people have lost ir lives in Japan with one of m reported in last 24 hours. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

vel coronavirus, also kwn as COVID-19, has claimed more than 4,600 lives across world and has infected over 1,26,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. According to latest reports, more than 1,000 people have died outside mainland China, which makes it worst disease outbreak of 21st century. Italy, Iran and South Korea are worst affected countries outside mainland China, where a combined death toll stands at 1,247 as of March 12. 

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