Governor Ohno of Saitama Prefecture said at a press conference on the 5th, "While an emergency declaration is expected to be issued, we will take a step further than before to take infection prevention measures," and told the citizens of the prefecture and businesses again at 8:00 pm We asked for cooperation in refraining from going out unnecessarily and urgently and shortening business hours.
From the 8th of this month to the end of this month, Saitama Prefecture will call for refraining from going out unnecessarily after 8:00 pm, and from the 8th of this month, it will drink alcohol from some areas such as Omiya Ward, Saitama City. From the 12th to the 31st of this month, we have decided to expand the scope of restaurants to all restaurants in the prefecture and request that the business hours be shortened by 8:00 pm.
Regarding this, Governor Ohno said in a press conference on the 5th, "We are still in a critical situation and we must stop the further spread of infection." "While the state of emergency is expected to be issued, First of all, in order to quickly carry out what we can do now, we have shown infection prevention measures that go one step further than before. I want you to cooperate to protect your family and loved ones. " ..
In addition, regarding the beds for accepting critically ill patients, it was clarified that the number of patients is increasing, so we requested medical institutions in the prefecture to move from the current Phase 2 to the strictest Phase 4.