New Corona Countermeasures Government Experts Meeting 39 prefectures are "prefectures" May 14 22:31
A meeting of the government's expert meeting on measures against the new coronavirus was held on the night of the 14th.
According to this recommendation, the regions of the whole country are divided into three areas, “precautionary warning prefectures”, “prevention precautions for infection spread”, and “prefectures for which infection is observed” according to the infection status. Dr. Takaji Wakita, Director of the Institute for Disease Control, said that the 39 prefectures for which the emergency declaration was lifted corresponded to the “prefectures for which infections were observed” where the number of new infections was low.
In addition, Vice Chairman Shigeru Omi commented on the idea of future event holding, "If a large-scale event nationwide is held in a place with low risk, it is not possible to limit the opportunities for human contact before and after the event. Risk may increase. If we are not able to respond to these risks, we must continue to take careful measures such as discontinuation and postponement. "
After that, it was said that it would be possible to hold a relatively small-scale event for "prefectures for which infection was observed", but "while taking into account overseas cases, for example, the maximum number of participants should be 100 or less. At the same time, I would like you to consider setting a limit of 50% or less of the capacity. ”
Then, Vice Chairman Omi explained that "normal life does not come back immediately. For the time being, we will aim for a balance between infection prevention measures and socio-economic balance."