Mie Prefecture has decided to extend its own emergency alert declaration, which was due on the 7th, but has decided to cancel the request for shortening business hours to some restaurants such as Yokkaichi City.
On the other hand, it has announced that it will provide a uniform amount of 300,000 yen to restaurants and other places where sales are declining significantly throughout the prefecture.
In response to the extension of the national emergency declaration in 10 prefectures including Aichi and Gifu, Mie Prefecture held a countermeasures meeting on the morning of the 5th and extended the prefecture's own emergency warning declaration, which was due on the 7th. I decided.
The extended declaration requires the citizens of the prefecture to continue to refrain from unnecessary and unurgent movement across prefectural borders, carefully judge new movements within the prefecture, and avoid them when the risk of infection is high.
The deadline for the declaration is 7th next month, but if the infection situation improves, it may be canceled ahead of schedule.
On the other hand, the request to shorten the business hours for some restaurants in Kuwana City, Yokkaichi City, and Suzuka City in the northern part of the prefecture will be canceled by the 7th, as the infection at the restaurants has decreased significantly. ..
In addition, the prefecture has announced a policy of providing a uniform amount of 300,000 yen to restaurants and traders throughout the prefecture, where sales have decreased by more than half.
Governor Suzuki warned, "We will cancel the request for shortened working hours, but we are not saying that we should relax the vigilance at the eating and drinking places. I called for.