In response to the decision to cancel the state of emergency, Fukuoka Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters on the night of the 26th, and decided to continue while relaxing the request for shortening business hours until the 7th of next month so that the infection will not spread again. It was.
Fukuoka Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters in response to the decision to lift the state of emergency on the 28th of the end of this month.
It was decided that the measures would be eased and continued from the 1st to the 7th of next month so that the infection would not spread again.
Specifically, it says that it will request restaurants to shorten their business hours by 8 pm by 9 pm and order alcoholic beverages by 8:30 pm.
On the other hand, the cooperation fee provided to restaurants, etc. in response to requests for shortening business hours will be reduced from 60,000 yen to 40,000 yen a day.
The citizens of the prefecture will continue to be requested to refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently except for going to the hospital, purchasing food and daily necessities, and going to work as necessary, and especially after 9 pm.
In addition, we will continue to request the promotion of working from home, including aiming to reduce the number of employees who go to work by 70%.
At a press conference, Vice-Governor Hattori said, "The infection with the new coronavirus has not completely subsided, and we have no choice but to continue to request the citizens of the prefecture and businesses. I need to do my best. "