Appointment of youkai "Amabie" Calling self-restraint to go to young people Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare April 11, 3:45
The cooperation of young people is essential to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been calling on Amabie, a monster that has been talked about on the Internet to reduce the plague, as an SNS-enlightening character and calling for cooperation in refraining from going out.
There is a legend that the plague subsides when you show a picture of the youkai "Amabie" to people, and the SNS has been posting pictures of "Amabie" one after another in hope of the spread of the infection.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has begun disseminating information using this "amabie" on Twitter's official account to attract young people.
Along with the illustration, a catch phrase "Because I will expand before you know it" is written.
Many people are asymptomatic or mildly infected, and it is said that particularly young people may spread the infection without awareness, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that We call for actions to avoid the “three densities” of closed, dense, and close.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "I want people to be interested in friendly characters and take action to prevent the spread of infection."