Responding to the cancellation of the emergency declaration, the leave request will be significantly canceled Osaka May 21 20:24

Following the cancellation of the emergency declaration in the two prefectures of Kansai in Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo, Osaka Prefecture held a countermeasures headquarters meeting on the night of the 21st, excluding facilities such as cluster called outbreaks. , Decided to cancel the ongoing leave request for large-scale entertainment facilities, sports facilities, and amusement facilities at midnight on the 23rd. All requests for refraining from operating at restaurants, including taverns, until 10 o'clock at night will also be cancelled.

On the 21st, the government released the declaration of an emergency based on the Act on Special Measures against New Coronavirus in Osaka, Kyoto, and two prefectures in Kansai, Hyogo.

In response to this, Osaka Prefecture held a countermeasures headquarters meeting on the night of the 21st, and continued to request closures.Entertainment facilities such as internet cafes with a total floor area of ​​more than 1000 square meters, exercise facilities such as an outdoor pool, and amusement parks. Regarding requests for suspension of pachinko parlors and other amusement facilities, meetings, and exhibition facilities, we will comply with the guidelines created by industry groups, thoroughly implement infection prevention measures, and decide to cancel it from midnight on the 23rd. It was.

We have also decided to cancel all self-restraint requests for restaurants, including izakaya, which are open until 10 pm and serve liquor until 9 pm.

On the other hand, restaurants, entertainment venues, sports clubs, and karaoke stores that are associated with the nighttime entertainment that a group of infected people, called clusters, have been postponed to cancel because of the risk of spreading the infection.

It is the policy of the prefecture to decide whether or not to restart these facilities by the 29th of this month.

In addition, regarding events that have called for refraining from holding, the number of participants should be 100 or less indoors and half of the capacity, and 200 or less outdoors to ensure a sufficient distance between people. In addition to the above, we decided to approve the event by requesting the organizer to introduce a system to inform the participants of the event about the occurrence of infection using the QR code.

Furthermore, we decided to restart public schools that were closed and elementary and junior high schools in municipalities from 1st of next month with decentralized school attendance, and from 15th of next month, it will be resumed in almost normal form including club activities. It was

Of these, some of the classes for 6th grade, 3rd grade, and 3rd year high school will resume from 25th of this month.

If infection of children or faculty members is confirmed, the school will be temporarily closed.

For citizens of the prefecture, we will continue to avoid going to facilities where clusters such as restaurants accompanied by entertainment at night or places where the condition is "3 dense", and to avoid the need to cross prefectures until the end of this month. I also decided to ask them to refrain from sudden movements.

Osaka Governor Yoshimura "Aiming for a New Way of Balancing"

Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture said at a press conference after the prefecture's Countermeasures Headquarters Meeting, "In early April it was a dangerous situation in which the infection was on the rise, but we were able to reach the day when the declaration was lifted. However, thanks to the cooperation of the business operators, there is definitely a virus in the city, so in the future, we will aim for a new path of coexistence that will gradually reduce the socio-economic activities while suppressing the infection. ” Said.

In addition, “Citizens of the prefecture are welcome to go out from now on, but be careful how you go out. Put on a mask, avoid“ 3 dense ”, keep the distance as much as possible, capture the characteristics of the virus. I would like you to do socio-economic activities. "