"Tokyo Alert" also calls for alerts to gradually ease leave requests at 14:44 on May 15
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government held a meeting of the Countermeasures Headquarters for the New Coronavirus, and it was clarified that specific numbers will be set as a guideline and that requests for leave will be gradually relaxed after the emergency declaration is released. However, even after the mitigation, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will issue a "Tokyo Alert" depending on the situation and call for caution, and if there are any signs of the spread of infection, the policy is to request refraining again.
Governor Koike said, “The number of infected people is declining, at the meeting of the New Coronavirus Countermeasures Headquarters, which was held around 1 pm on the 15th. Once again, please refrain from going out and refraining from going out, etc. "Until May 31st, we will continue to take the current measures," and added, "We have achieved both prevention of infectious diseases and economic and social activities. We will establish a new standard. ”
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has a policy of gradually easing requests for leave after the declaration of an emergency, and sets a specific numerical value as a standard for easing requests. Confirm that the following three indicators are met: the number of confirmed infections is less than 20, the ratio of those who do not know the transmission route is less than 50%, and the weekly increase rate of infected people is lower than the previous week.
In addition, considering the number of inpatients and severely ill patients, the "positive rate" that indicates the proportion of people who were confirmed to be infected by PCR, and the number of consultations at the Tokyo Metropolitan area, and taking into account the opinions of the experts The request will be eased based on the decision made by.
On the other hand, if at least one of the three indicators exceeds the standard value after mitigation, the Tokyo alert is issued by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to warn the citizens of Tokyo, and if signs of spread of infection are seen, it will be resumed. The policy is to make a self-restraint request.