For the time being, Hokkaido is requesting restaurants in Susukino, a downtown area of Sapporo City, to extend the intensive countermeasure period for the new coronavirus until the 15th, until the national emergency declaration is lifted. We have decided to extend the request for shortening business hours to restaurants and karaoke shops throughout the city throughout this month.
Hokkaido held a countermeasures headquarters meeting on the afternoon of the 13th, and said that it is necessary to further suppress the spread of infection and reduce the burden on medical care for the intensive countermeasure period until the 15th, and for the time being, 10 prefectures We have decided to extend it until the state of emergency in the target country is lifted.
On top of that, the request to the restaurants in Susukino, the downtown area of Sapporo, to shorten the business hours to 10 pm was extended to restaurants and karaoke shops throughout the city throughout this month, and in Sapporo. We will strengthen the measures for.
We will pay 20,000 yen per day, up to 260,000 yen to the stores that respond to the request.
The request is that if the average number of newly infected people in the city for one week falls below 15 per 100,000 population, we will consider canceling it ahead of schedule, taking into account the degree of medical tightness. ..
In addition, throughout this month, Sapporo City and Otaru City will continue to request that they refrain from going out unnecessarily and going to and from other areas if measures cannot be taken to avoid the risk of infection. During the period of such measures, we will continue to request the residents to refrain from unnecessary and unurgent traffic to and from the area subject to the state of emergency, and to refrain from eating and drinking with people who do not live together as much as possible.
Furthermore, in order to prevent the spread of infection due to personnel changes such as companies and the movement of people accompanying joining and enrollment from next month to April, it is also possible to call for decentralization of moving times and shortening of entrance ceremony time. I decided.
Governor Suzuki "One more thoroughness"
Governor Suzuki said at the meeting of the countermeasures headquarters, "For March and April, there will be more opportunities for people to move and have dinner due to employment or going on to school. Create an environment where vaccination can be done with peace of mind and load the medical care provision system It is important to further control the infection in order to reduce the number of cases. "
On top of that, "Thoroughly control infections in the city and prevent re-expansion to the surrounding areas and all roads through measures at restaurants where the risk of infection is high in Sapporo, where people are actively moving. It is a painful decision, but I would like to ask for your understanding and cooperation. "