Now, Japan's many automated vendors have a new product to offer virus testing kits.

現在，日本眾多自動化廠商有了新的產品，提供病毒檢測試劑盒。

A clinic has so far set up seven of the machines in the Tokyo area.

一家診所至今已在東京地區設置了7臺機器。

They sell kits for about $40.

他們賣的是40美元左右的套裝。

This student stumbled on one outside a noodle shop.

這個學生在一家麵館外偶然發現了一個。

I was surprised to find one at a restaurant, not a drug store, she says.

她說，我很驚訝在一家餐館找到一個，而不是藥店。

The machines may meet a need.

機器可以滿足需求。

Japan's government has been conducting just 40,000 of the so called PCR tests each day.

日本政府每天進行的所謂PCR測試只有4萬次。

That is a quarter of capacity, with the tests restricted to those who are most symptomatic or at high risk.

也就是四分之一的能力，檢測對象僅限於症狀最嚴重或高危人群。

The general public has been left heavily reliant on private clinics or buying PCR tests by other means.

廣大市民對私人診所或通過其他途徑購買PCR檢測的依賴性很強。

Hideyuki to Kimura is director of the Lake Town to Conoco Clinic, which set up the machines as a way to avoid crowded gatherings to get tests easily without appointments.

向木村秀行是湖城向康科診所的主任，該診所設置機器是為了避免擁擠的聚會，不需要預約就能輕鬆做檢查。

I came up with the vending machine idea and I thought it would be very useful if we could put them everywhere in a town, Takemura says.

Takemura說："我想到了自動售貨機的想法，我想如果我們可以在一個城市的各個地方都放上自動售貨機，那將是非常有用的。

There was huge demand at first, with some machines needing to be emptied of money twice a day.

一開始需求量很大，有的機器一天要排空兩次錢。

That demand now shows signs of easing as a state of emergency helps cut cases in Tokyo.

這種需求現在顯示出緩解的跡象，因為緊急狀態有助於削減東京的案件。