As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, the government plans to issue a state of emergency on the 7th, targeting 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures.
We have decided to take limited measures in order to minimize the impact on the economy.
Based on the information so far, we have summarized how this declaration will affect our lives.
State of emergency, what happens
The target of this time is Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures, and the government is adjusting the period to be about one month.
The government intends to take limited measures, such as reducing the risk of infection at restaurants, in order to minimize the impact on the economy.
Then, in order to ensure effectiveness, in order to add restaurants to those who can "request" the use of facilities based on the Special Measures Law with the ▽ declaration, the government ordinance will be revised and ▽ business hours We are considering expanding cooperation funds for restaurants in response to requests for shortening.
If the Cabinet Order is amended, it will be possible to publish the names of stores that did not respond to the request.
In addition to the specific measures, the government is also considering the criteria for canceling the declaration, and after asking for opinions from the "Advisory Committee" made up of infectious disease experts, Prime Minister Suga The minister will declare it at the government's response headquarters.
Last year's state of emergency
The last state of emergency was issued to the seven prefectures of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka on April 7, last year, and will be covered on April 16. Has been expanded nationwide.
After that, the target area was reduced in consideration of the infection situation, and it was lifted nationwide on May 25.
During the period of the previous declaration, it is required to reduce the contact between people by "at least 70%, as much as 80%" by referring to the opinion of the expert meeting at that time, and reduce the movement of people in a wide range. Efforts have been made.
At that time, especially in areas where infection was widespread, it was strongly urged to thoroughly telework except for those who are essential for maintaining social functions, and to refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently except for grocery shopping and going to hospital. Was done.
For this reason, there have been a series of movements to refrain from operating in restaurants, movie theaters, theaters, department stores, hotels, museums, libraries, etc., and many events have been canceled or postponed.
Facilities related to children such as schools
The major difference from the time of the last state of emergency was the response to facilities related to children such as schools.
▼ The
last time the
school was
closed all over the country from March last year before the declaration was issued, but many schools continued to be closed after the declaration.
On the other hand, this time, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita held an extraordinary press conference on the 5th, stating that he would not request elementary and junior high schools and high schools to close all at once.
For universities, he called for the proper use of face-to-face and online classes.
In addition, we have officially announced that the "University Admission Common Test" that will start on the 16th of this month will be carried out as planned after taking all possible measures to prevent infection.
We also ask each board of education and other school founders to carry out entrance exams for elementary and junior high schools and high schools as scheduled.
▼ Nursery schools When
the last state of emergency was declared, nursery schools in the target area were required to reduce the scale of acceptance, and many parents were requested to refrain from attending the kindergarten.
On the other hand, this time, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is considering asking for continuous opening in principle.
Whether or not to request a reduction in the scale of acceptance will be decided based on the detailed contents of the declaration, but the contents of the declaration are expected to be limited compared to the previous time, and according to the people concerned, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare at this time It is unlikely that you will want to scale down.
In the target 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures
On the other hand, before the government's state of emergency, the governors of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa put together measures to curb the flow of people ahead of the others in Tokyo and 3 prefectures on the night of the 4th.
Of these, we will look at specific measures for residents and businesses.
▼ Residents
request that they refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently after 8 pm from the 8th to the 31st
of
this month.
▼ Restaurants are
requesting shortening of business hours for restaurants.
▽ From the 8th to the 11th of this month, the liquor will be served by 7:00 pm after being advanced by 8:00 pm for restaurants that serve liquor.
On top of that, from the 12th to the 31st of this month, we request all restaurants, whether or not they serve alcohol, to shorten their business hours by 8 pm.
▼ The business operator is
requesting the business operator to thoroughly telework after setting goals for each of the three prefectures according to the infection situation, and to work from home and work at different times.
▼ In addition,
we request that all illuminations be turned off as soon as possible.
With these measures, if the declaration is issued earlier, the request period may be revised.
Severe situation in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures including Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it has confirmed that 1278 people, the second highest number so far, are newly infected with the new coronavirus in the preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 5th.
In addition, the number of seriously ill patients calculated by the Tokyo standard increased by 3 from the 4th to 111, which is the highest number ever.
The number of hospitalized patients infected with the new coronavirus continues to increase in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, and the bed usage rate exceeds 80% in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, and the degree of tightness is increasing.
It is the data as of the 4th, the tightness of the bed corresponding to the new coronavirus.
* "Number of beds secured" is the number of beds secured * "Number of
beds for immediate response" is the number of beds that can accept patients immediately
Tokyo
▼ Number of beds 3500 Number of
hospitalized 2995
Bed usage rate 85.6%
▼ Number of beds for
critically ill patients
220 Number of
severely ill patients 108
Bed usage rate 49.1%
* The number of beds is "the number of secured beds"
Kanagawa Prefecture
▼ Number of beds 838 Number of
hospitalized 673
Bed usage rate 80.3%
▼ Number of beds for
critically ill patients
88 Number of
severely ill patients 79
Bed usage rate 89.8%
* The number of beds is "the number of beds for immediate response"
Saitama
▼ Number of beds 1251 Number of
hospitalized 815
Bed usage rate 65.1%
▼ Number of beds for
critically ill patients
108 Number of
severely ill patients 68
Bed usage rate 63.0%
* The number of beds is "the number of beds for immediate response"
Chiba
▼ Number of beds 923 Number of
hospitalized 517
Bed usage rate 56.0%
▼ Number of beds for critically ill patients 101 Number of
critically ill patients 20 Number of
beds used 19.8%
* The number of beds is "the number of ready-to-
use beds" Number of beds secured "