In Miyazaki Prefecture, the number of infected people remains high and the medical system continues to be tight, so we have extended our own state of emergency until the 7th of next month, refraining from going out unnecessarily and shortening business hours for restaurants, etc. We have decided to continue the request for the entire prefecture.
This was decided at the prefectural countermeasures headquarters meeting held on the 20th.
At the meeting, they agreed that the prefecture's own state of emergency issued on the 7th of this month had some effect, but the tightness of the medical care provision system continues to be serious, and it was set to the 22nd of this month. We have decided to extend the deadline until the 7th of next month.
As in the past, we ask the citizens of the prefecture to refrain from going out in principle, excluding commuting and shopping for daily necessities, to cancel or postpone events, and to limit dinners to people with whom they normally interact, such as family members.
We will also continue to request restaurants to shorten their business hours throughout the prefecture.
We request that business hours be until 8:00 pm and liquor be served until 7:00 pm, and we will pay a cooperation fee of 40,000 yen per day to the corresponding stores.
The deadline for the 7th of next month is the same as the national emergency declaration, and whether or not it can be canceled will be judged based on the infection situation at that time.
At the press conference, Governor Kono said, "Because of the sense of crisis that we will not be able to provide normal medical care unless we control the infection at an early stage, we decided to continue to take the maximum brakes. These two weeks are extremely important, and we cooperated with infection control. I want you to do it. "