Coronavirus: Panic-buying in Tokyo as residents asked to hunker down for weekend March 26, 2020 at 09:57PM

Tokyo has seen a surge in coronavirus cases this week, reporting a record 47 cases on Thursday for a total of 259. While that’s not much for a city of nearly 14 million, experts have warned of a high risk of an “overshoot” - or explosive rise - given that more than half of the newest cases could not be traced.