Following the spread of the new coronavirus, the governors of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa held a web conference on the night of the 4th to organize "emergency actions" to curb the flow of people in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures. From the 8th to the 31st, we will request the citizens of Tokyo and the prefecture to refrain from going out unnecessarily after 8:00 pm and to advance the request for shortening the business hours of restaurants by 8:00 pm. It was.

The governors of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa held a web conference on the night of the 4th, and "emergency actions" to curb the flow of people ahead of time in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures without waiting for the government to issue a state of emergency. I summarized.



According to this, we will request the citizens of Tokyo and the prefecture to refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently after 8:00 pm from the 8th to the 31st of this month.



In addition, regarding requests for shortening business hours, ▽ From the 8th to the 11th of this month, we will advance by 8:00 pm to restaurants that serve liquor, and will serve liquor by 7:00 pm.



On top of that, from the 12th to the 31st of this month, we have expanded the scope to all restaurants, whether or not they serve alcohol.



In addition, for businesses, thorough teleworking after setting targets for each of the three prefectures according to the infection situation, thorough teleworking and staggered work, and early extinguishing of all illuminations. Request.

Governor of Tokyo Koike "Joining forces to curb the flow of people"

In a web conference attended by the governors of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, Governor Koike of Tokyo said, "The 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures want to work together to curb the flow of people. We will take measures to the limit. "



After that, he said, "How quickly we can control the spread of infection, how to surely control it, now is the game", and we will stop the spread of infection by strongly suppressing the flow of people in cooperation with 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures. I showed the idea I wanted.

Governor Saitama Ohno "Strengthen cooperation from 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures"

Governor Ohno of Saitama Prefecture will participate in a web conference by the governors of Tokyo and other prefectures from 7:30 pm on the 4th, saying, "I would like to ask businesses and citizens of the prefecture to help us to save lives. And, in order to prevent the outbreak of infection, we need the cooperation of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, and we would like to further strengthen the cooperation. "

Governor Chiba Morita "Revision of the Special Measures Law as soon as possible"

Governor Morita of Chiba Prefecture said, "The number of infected people continues to exceed 200 during the year-end and New Year holidays, which is a very high level. We share a sense of crisis in each of the three prefectures, shorten business hours and refrain from going out. I decided to do it. "



On top of that, even in Chiba prefecture, we will request the citizens of the prefecture to refrain from going out unnecessarily after 8 pm, and from the 8th of this month, we will target restaurants that serve sake from 12 cities in the prefecture, and 12 After the day, we reported that we would like to request restaurants throughout the prefecture to shorten their business hours to 8:00 pm.



In addition, Governor Morita stated that he would like to request the government to expand support, saying, "In implementing the request, it is necessary to ensure that administrative support is distributed to businesses."



"In order to increase the effectiveness of the request, I would like the government to enact an amendment to the Special Measures Law, which includes penalties for businesses that do not comply with the request and financial measures for businesses that do comply, as soon as possible." Said.

Governor Kanagawa Kuroiwa "We will also ask the government for support for related industries."

In a web conference attended by the governors of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, Governor Kuroiwa of Kanagawa prefecture said, "In response to a request from 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, Prime Minister Suga mentioned the state of emergency and issued it within this week. I think it's a big achievement to be able to do it. "



He added, "If an emergency declaration is issued, not only restaurants but also food wholesalers will be greatly affected, so I would like to ask the government for support for such related industries."