Kagawa Toyoshima Fire brigade suspends transportation of tourists 22:56 on August 2 due to risk of corona infection
In Toshima, Kagawa Prefecture, where tens of thousands of people visit museums on the island every year, a local fire brigade who has been transporting sick tourists suspends transport of tourists to avoid the risk of new coronavirus infection. I communicated my intention to the local mayor.
Tonoshima Town Toyoshima, which has a population of about 860, is visited by tens of thousands of people every year at the museum on the island, but there are no doctors or nurses on site, so when tourists feel sick, the local Tonosho After being transported by car to the harbor by the town fire brigade Toyoshima Branch, it is sent by charter ship to Takamatsu and Shodoshima where general hospitals are located.
As infection with the new coronavirus spreads nationwide, the group informs Mayor Kunihiko Saege that, as a rule, he will suspend transportation of tourists from the 2nd onwards to avoid risk.
On the other hand, Mayor Saege made it unavoidable, and in the future indicated that he would consider that the town's staff stationed on the island would carry tourists.
The head of the branch, Tada Hatsumi, said, "It was a painful choice to protect the lives of the islanders."
A man who visited the island from Yokohama city for sightseeing said, "I'm surprised, but I think it would be worth thinking about the people on the island."