Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City 12:41 on April 3 to request for urgent self-restraint to go out on weekends

Following the outbreak of the new coronavirus at a restaurant in Sendai City, Governor Murai of Miyagi Prefecture and the Mayor of Sendai City have voluntarily refrained from going out of the city this weekend, especially to younger generations. We have solidified our policy to ask for it.

Nine new coronas, including ALTs and foreign language teaching assistants living in Sendai City and Akita Prefecture, who used “HUB Sendai Ichibancho 4-chome” in Aoba-ku, Sendai City last month from the 20th to the 21st After being confirmed to have been infected with the virus, Sendai City has determined that a population of infected people called "clusters" has emerged and is conducting detailed investigations.

Governor Murai of Miyagi Prefecture and the mayor of Sendai City argued that infections in their twenties and thirties were frequent, especially for the younger generation. We have strengthened our policy of requesting that people go out of their way suddenly.

Governor Murai and the mayor of the county will hold a joint press conference on the afternoon of the 3rd, and will seek cooperation from citizens of the prefecture to prevent further spread of the infection.