Wearing a mask for the "Imperial Palace Runner" and providing sufficient space for new corona measures April 27, 20:46

To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Tokyo Chiyoda Ward has begun to call on the “Imperial Runners” running around the Imperial Palace to wear masks and leave enough space.

According to Chiyoda Ward, the number of "Imperial Runners" is estimated to be about 5,000 on a large number of days, but it has decreased to less than half since the beginning of this month due to the new virus.

Under these circumstances, many people commented that there are runners who are not wearing masks and are afraid of infection, so Chiyoda Ward avoids wearing masks and running side by side when running. We started to call on SNS etc. to make a sufficient space.

Kazumi Indei, Manager of the Landscape and City Planning Division of Chiyoda Ward, said, "It may be suffocating to wear a mask, but I want you to run at a reasonable pace and balance health promotion and the spread of infection." I was talking.

On the other hand, the Imperial Palace Gaien Management Office, which applies when the Imperial Palace runners run as a group, has stopped accepting from 23rd of this month and is calling for refraining from running with a large number of people.