Japanese people all have the habit of wearing masks. Why has the Japanese become the country with the worst overseas epidemic of COVID-19?

Most Japanese people have the habit of wearing masks, but they do not wear masks mainly to prevent diseases. There are several main reasons why Japan has become the country with the worst overseas epidemic of coronavirus. : First, because Japan, as a neighbor of our country, has relatively close exchanges with Wuhan; second, because the Tokyo Olympics is about to be held in Japan, Japan does not dare to completely restrict population movement; third, due to the spread of the epidemic after the Diamond Princess was infected .

Although Japanese people have the habit of wearing masks, most of their reasons for wearing masks are that women can feel more secure by wearing them when they are not wearing makeup, and they also play a decorative role. Therefore, the masks they wear usually do not have much protective effect. Basically, few people wear protective surgical masks.

The first COVID-19 patient in Japan was a Japanese man. He had traveled to Wuhan and was diagnosed with COVID-19 when he returned to Japan. The second and third confirmed patients were both from Wuhan traveling to Japan. of tourists. It can be seen that the tourism exchanges between Japan and our country are very intensive. After all, as neighboring countries, the consumption required to travel to Japan is not very high, and in recent years, Japanese tourism has gradually formed a popular trend in our country, which has also led to this A primary reason for the spread of overseas epidemics.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan is about to open. Japan has made a lot of preparations for the Olympics. Although it has been affected by the epidemic, Japan does not dare to completely restrict foreign tourists from entering Japan. This may also This has led to an increase in imported cases to some extent.

In addition, the disease spread quickly after the Diamond Princess was infected. Since the ship is a relatively closed space, although Japan chose not to allow the Diamond Princess to dock, it did not completely prevent the spread of the epidemic. Now The cases on the Diamond Princess already account for the majority of the overall cases in Japan.