Ibaraki Prefecture Gradually ease leave requests based on original standards New Coronavirus May 15 19:13
Ibaraki Prefecture, which has declared the state of emergency, will cancel the request for shorter working hours for restaurants and the request for leave to universities and commercial facilities from this month, based on a unique standard that eases requests for leave in four stages. Announced.
Ibaraki Prefecture uses its own occupancy rate and the number of new infected persons who do not know the infection route in the prefecture or Tokyo, etc., and divides it into four stages from Stages 1 to 4, and decides whether to refrain from going out or request leave. We have a standard.
Governor Oikawa of Ibaraki Prefecture said at a press conference on May 15 that "as a result of everyone's efforts, the infection has subsided rapidly," and moved from stage 4, which demands the most severe response, to stage 3, to ease requests for leave. I made it clear.
The stage 3 standard will be applied from this month 18th, and the request for suspension of work will be canceled at meeting venues, commercial facilities, colleges and schools, and sports and amusement facilities such as bowling alleys and judo dojos. , Outdoor sports facilities and amusement parks, theaters and cinemas, planetariums, and other entertainment facilities such as internet cafes and manga cafes.
In addition, the request for shortened nighttime sales at restaurants will also be cancelled.
On the other hand, we will continue to request leave only for 19 industries, such as entertainment venues such as live houses and karaoke boxes, sports clubs, and pachinko parlors, where it is easy to overlap.
Regarding elementary and junior high schools and prefectural schools, we allow decentralized school attendance for 1 to 2 days a week, but we will continue to ask for suspension of school.
On the other hand, among the prefecture's facilities that have been gradually relaxed from the 11th of this month, the Aqua World Oarai Aquarium has decided to close for the time being on Saturdays and Sundays as it is likely that many people will gather.
Governor Oikawa said, “I want to further mitigate to stage 2 while looking at the infection situation on this 25th, but I do not know when the second wave and the third wave will come.” Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama etc. I called for refraining from crossing prefectural borders with ongoing prefectures.