In Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsuchiura City and Tsukubamirai City responded to a request to refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently and shorten the business hours of restaurants by the 13th, targeting 12 cities and towns due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. In addition to continuing until the 20th of this month, we announced that Tone Town will be added to the target from the 14th.
This was announced by Governor Oigawa of Ibaraki Prefecture at an extraordinary press conference on the evening of the 12th.
Based on the Special Measures Law, the prefecture has requested 12 cities and towns, where the number of infected people is increasing rapidly, to shorten the business hours of restaurants that provide refraining from going out unnecessarily and drink alcohol and restaurants that accompany entertainment. Was there.
The period is up to 13 days, but of the 12 cities and towns, Tsuchiura City and Tsukubamirai City exceed the index of the number of newly infected people per 10,000 population, and if the period is continued until the 20th of this month. Announced.
In addition, Tone Town has been added to the request from the 14th, as the number of infected people is increasing.
The prefecture says that 140,000 yen will be paid to each store that cooperated in shortening business hours on all days during the requested period.
Governor Oikawa said, "Although the number of local governments subject to self-restraint requests is decreasing, the bed occupancy rate in the prefecture continues to be extremely high, and we would like to ask the citizens of the prefecture to cooperate in preventing infection."