Miyazaki Prefecture's own "emergency declaration" Request for shortened business hours from 9th

Miyazaki Prefecture issued its own "state of emergency" and requested that the entire prefecture refrain from going out unnecessarily and shorten the business hours to restaurants that serve alcohol after the 9th.

The number of newly infected people per 100,000 population in the last week in Miyazaki Prefecture is 32, which is the third highest in Japan after Tokyo and Kanagawa, and is the highest in the stage of infection status set by the national subcommittee. We are in the "Stage 4" stage.

Miyazaki Prefecture issued a prefecture-specific "state of emergency" on the 7th, saying that it is necessary to suppress the outbreak of infection.

Unlike the national state of emergency, there is no legal basis, but after the 9th, in principle, except for commuting and purchasing daily necessities, we will ask the citizens to refrain from going out after 8 pm. As a general rule, we also ask you to refrain from commuting to and from outside the prefecture and to cancel or postpone the event.

In addition to requesting that the dinner be for 4 people or less and within 2 hours, teleworking and staggered work are recommended for work.

We also request restaurants that serve alcohol to shorten their business hours to 8:00 pm.

Sake will be served until 7:00 pm, and a total of 280,000 yen will be paid to the stores that respond to the request, 20,000 yen per day.

Furthermore, we request that elderly people, people with underlying illnesses, people working in facilities for the elderly, and medical staff be careful to limit their meals to people close to them.

The period will be from 9th to 22nd of this month, and whether or not to extend it will be decided based on the infection status at that time.

Governor Kono said, "Miyazaki Prefecture is facing a historic crisis. Until now, we have been trying to balance infection prevention and economy, but now we are in a situation where we have to take a strong brake, and we will take maximum infection prevention measures. It is necessary to proceed with this, "and asked the citizens of the prefecture for their cooperation.