Rapid increase in infected people in Kitakyushu Continuing infection prevention measures in various regions Government New Corona 5:14 on June 1
In response to the succession of new infected people in Kitakyushu City, the government called for continued preventive measures against infections, as well as early detection of infected people so that a sharp increase in infected people might occur in various places. I would like to further identify the rich contacts and try to contain them.
In Kitakyushu City, 97 people have been confirmed to have been infected in the last 9 days, including 12 newly confirmed cases on the 31st.
At the press conference on 31st, Minister of Economic Rehabilitation Nishimura, who is in charge of measures against the new coronavirus, said that he is not considering redesignating the emergency declaration at this point because the route of infection is chasing, " The number of people is increasing, and we will respond with a sense of crisis. "
The government believes that a rapid increase in infected people such as Kitakyushu may occur in various places, and when gradually restarting socio-economic activities, keep away from people, mask, etc. We are calling for continued infection prevention measures.
In addition, even if an infection occurs, we would like to establish an inspection system so that it will not lead to a major epidemic and detect infected persons at an early stage, as well as promote identification of concentrated contacts and contain them.
On the other hand, the government does not demand self-restraint to move across prefectures, except for 1 prefecture and 3 prefectures such as Tokyo, where Tokyo had been declared an emergency from the 1st to the end, but Fukuoka Prefecture and adjacent Yamaguchi. The prefecture calls for caution when moving to Kitakyushu.