Request for shorter working hours in the 23 wards of Tokyo is completed.
Governor Koike of Tokyo held a temporary press conference and requested a reduction in business hours by 10 pm for restaurants that serve sake in the 23 wards. If so, they said they would end on September 15 as planned.
Governor Koike of Tokyo held a temporary press conference on the evening of the 10th.
Among them, Governor Koike explained that at the “monitoring conference” held in Tokyo on the 10th, the level of alertness of the infection situation was lowered by one step from the most serious expression that had continued for about two months. ``Although it has fallen, 276 people have been confirmed to be infected today, and we still need to be alert. We will take appropriate actions in a timely manner."
In addition, regarding requests for shortening business hours by 10 pm to restaurants that serve sake in the 23 wards, "The number of new positives has been declining since the peak in early August. The number of positive cases continued to decrease after that, but in light of these circumstances, we believe that the city had a certain suppressing effect." He announced that he would end the request on September 15th as planned in order to balance the activities.
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the understanding and cooperation of the business operators and users. I would like you to continue to be careful about eating and drinking for a long time, talking loudly and speaking at close distances."
In addition, regarding travel and going out to Tokyo that called for self-restraint, Governor Koike said, "The current situation is that the number of new positives is declining, and the situation was before mid-July when the infection spread rapidly. The number of infected people is decreasing, but on the other hand, we have heard from the experts that "it is necessary to be cautious about the spread of infection again"," he said. I said that I want you to take all possible measures.