“Stay Home Week” begins: Eliminating crowds of shoppers 4:25, April 25, Tokyo
To stop the spread of the new coronavirus infection, "Stay Home Week" was started on the 25th, calling for Tokyo to stay at home.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will work to eliminate the crowding of shoppers who are at increased risk of infection, such as by offering "bonus money" to shopping malls that have closed on their own.
In order to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government named the 12 days from the 25th to the 6th of the end of the next major holiday as "Stay Home Week," and urged them to refrain from going out and stay at home. I am.
Governor Koike said on the 24th, "This consecutive holiday is a crucial point to reduce contact by 80%. The current behavior will appear in the number two weeks later" and asked for understanding and cooperation.
The city has analyzed that the number of people in downtown downtown areas has decreased so far, but that there are a large number of shoppers in the shopping districts that are close to the people of Tokyo.
For this reason, we decided to issue up to 4 million yen of "incentive money" to shopping malls where the member stores voluntarily closed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays until the 6th of next month. It means that there are some shopping districts that are scheduled to be closed.
In addition, we are calling for refraining from shopping in supermarkets, etc. about once every three days, and we are working to eliminate the crowding of shoppers who are at increased risk of infection.