At a press conference, Governor Koike of Tokyo stated that he was "extremely serious because he entered a completely different stage" about the infection situation in Tokyo, and expressed a strong sense of crisis. I requested the citizens of Tokyo to refrain from going out as much as possible during the period.
Among them, Governor Koike said, "The biggest point is that the infection situation is completely different from the past. It is extremely serious to enter a completely different stage," and expressed a strong sense of crisis about the rapid spread of infection in Tokyo. It was.
On top of that, Governor Koike said, "It is important to stop the flow of people and to suppress the contact between people. I want to make sure that the citizens of Tokyo, businesses, and the government work together to control the flow of people. During the period of the state of emergency that began on the 8th, he refrained from going out as much as possible, and requested the citizens of Tokyo to stop going out especially after 8 pm.
He called on me to spend the three consecutive holidays starting on the 9th at home without going out.
On that basis, he said, "In the last minute situation, further cooperation of the citizens of Tokyo is indispensable to overcome this difficult situation. I want each person to strongly recognize that the situation is changing."
In addition, Governor Koike was asked about the situation necessary to cancel the declaration, but on the 7th, the minister in charge of economic revitalization Nishimura showed a guideline that the number of confirmed infections would be about 500 people per day in the case of Tokyo. He said, "If we reach 500 people, the number of beds required will decrease and the load will decrease. I think that stage 3 set by the government will be one goal."