The government subcommittee promptly summarizes the state of emergency in one city and three prefectures.

The government's subcommittee, which deals with the new coronavirus, said that the situation of infection has changed from the past, and that "if the infection situation in the metropolitan area does not subside, there is a risk that the infection will spread rapidly nationwide." We have put together a proposal that a state of emergency should be issued promptly for one city and three prefectures in the area.

Before the policy of issuing a state of emergency was decided, a subcommittee of the government held a roundabout meeting on the 5th to summarize the recommendations.

According to the proposal, the current infection situation is analyzed as "the situation is easy to spread not only in metropolitan areas but also in rural areas, and the situation has changed, such as the diversification of clusters," and "infection in the metropolitan area." If the situation does not subside, the infection may spread rapidly nationwide. "

Under these circumstances, the flow of people did not decrease in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the tightness of the medical system became more serious, and the number of newly infected people became the highest in Tokyo and other places. "It is time to declare an emergency. ".

The significance of issuing a state of emergency now is to quickly reduce infections in the Tokyo metropolitan area to reduce the burden on medical institutions and health centers, and to resolve infections and restore economic and social functions at an early stage. And so on.

In addition, if a state of emergency is declared in the proposal, in the Tokyo metropolitan area, measures will be taken to avoid situations where there is a high risk of infection, such as requesting restaurants to shorten business hours further, and refraining from going out unnecessarily. In addition to saying that telework should be thoroughly implemented to reduce the number of people who go to work by 70%, the national government has revised the Act on Special Measures to Improve the Effectiveness of Infection Control, including Support for Business Operators and Penalties. It is necessary to improve the environment so that the general public can comfortably sustain infection control measures.