Regarding the state of emergency declaration of the new coronavirus issued in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, Prime Minister Suga has extended the deadline of 7th of this month by 2 weeks to 21st on the night of the 5th. Expressed in.
The number of infected people has been declining since the second state of emergency was issued in January, but the rate of decline has been slowing down recently.
Is it possible to "strengthen the system that does not cause a rebound that the number of infected people will increase again" by extending the deadline for the declaration?
Government officials are increasingly feeling a sense of crisis, saying, "The last two weeks are on the brink."
The main purpose is to improve the tightness of the bed
One of the major aims of extending the deadline for declaring an emergency in one of the three prefectures is to steadily reduce the usage rate of beds, which are currently in a tight situation.
As of the 3rd of this month, the Cabinet Secretariat has summarized the infection status of the four prefectures that have declared a state of emergency.
There are prefectures that are "Stage 3, Stage 4" in "Comparison of the number of infected people in the last week and the previous week".
As a guide, the bed usage rate is 20% for "Stage 3" and 50% for "Stage 4".
The usage rate of the entire bed, which indicates the tightness of the bed, is
▽ 31% in Tokyo,
▽ 42% in Saitama
,
▽
47% in Chiba, and
▽ 29% in Kanagawa.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura told reporters on the 5th, "One of the major reasons for the extension is that the beds are tight, and the main purpose is to improve it. We will thoroughly investigate new infected people. As we build a system that allows us to do so and increase the total number of tests, it is also important to expose mutant strains. These two weeks are on the brink, and we want to keep infected people as low as possible. " It was.
7-day average of infected people in Tokyo exceeds the previous week
On the 5th, it was confirmed that 301 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
The 7-day average up to the 5th was 102.1%, up from the previous week.
This is the first time since January 15th that the number has exceeded the previous week, and since the 2nd of last month when the city began calling for this figure to be "70% or less".
7 points to be taken during the extension period
Regarding the measures to be taken during the two weeks when the state of emergency is extended in the metropolitan area of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, the government advisory committee of the new coronavirus made by infectious disease experts has "7 points" It is a policy to summarize and then show it in writing to the governors of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures.
<Main points>
▽ In addition to requesting that the national and local governments work together to send a message to refrain from the annual events such as welcome and farewell parties at the end of the year and the beginning of the year,
▽ Actively inspect in places with a high risk of infection It
is expected that
measures will be taken to quickly catch signs of re-expansion, such
as conducting
tests to detect mutant viruses, and
strengthening support in the event of an infection at a facility for the elderly.
Chairman Omi "Building a system to prevent rebound"
Shigeru Omi, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, said, "One city and three prefectures are more densely populated and more likely to rebound than other areas. We will use the extended two weeks to create a system to thoroughly prevent rebounds. I want you to do it. "
Confirmation of time saving requests and self-restraint of cherry blossom viewing 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures
The governors of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa will meet online on the 5th, and will continue to request restaurants to shorten their business hours as a matter to be jointly addressed during the two-week extension of the state of emergency. In addition, we confirmed that we will call for refraining from going out unnecessarily, such as cherry blossom viewing.
Following the extension of the state of emergency for two weeks, the governors of the three prefectures exchanged opinions online on future measures and summarized the extension period and matters to be jointly addressed after that.
According to this, we will continue to request shortening of business hours
,
▽
until 8:00 pm during the extension period of the
declaration
, and
▽
until
9:00 pm after the cancellation of the declaration.
The cooperation fee is the same for each city and three prefectures,
▽ 60,000 yen per day during the extension period,
▽ 40,000 yen per day after cancellation
, and we will ask the government for financial support.
In addition, ahead of the end of the fiscal year when people's movements become active, we will continue to call on the citizens of Tokyo and the prefecture to refrain from going out unnecessarily.
For example, we have decided to ask them to refrain from cherry blossom viewing.
In addition, as a request to the government,
▽ to build a cooperation fund system according to the scale of the business under the responsibility of the government,
▽ to expand the temporary support money to the businesses affected by the shortened business,
▽ negative Thorough measures at the water's edge are mentioned by utilizing proofs and obliging the use of smartphone apps.
Governor Koike of Tokyo said, "It is necessary for each person to work on their own, and to return to the starting point. I would like to make a strong call in each of the three prefectures."
The number of people in the downtown area
"Controlling the flow of people in downtown areas affects the status of
infection
"
Governor Koike of Tokyo, who is eager to control infections, exchanged opinions with the mayors of Minato Ward and Shibuya Ward, which have many downtown areas, on the 5th. However, we agreed that the city and the ward would work together to strengthen the measures.
What is the actual number of people in the downtown area?
NHK uses the location information data of mobile phones collected by IT-related company "Agoop" with the permission of the user in a form that does not identify individuals, and is one of the metropolitan areas where an emergency declaration is issued. We analyzed the number of people in the prefecture.
The analyzed time zones are from 6 am to 6 pm during the day and from 6 pm to midnight the next day at night.
As a result, the number of people at the main points on the 4th has increased both during the day and at night compared to the average of last month's weekdays until last week.
<
Daytime
on the 4th>
▽ Increased by 16% near Chiba Station,
▽
Increased by
5% near Tokyo Station
,
▽
Increased by
4% near Shibuya Scramble Crossing,
▽ Increased by 2% near Omiya Station.
▽ On the other hand, the area near Yokohama Station was minus 3%.
* The graph below shows data on the number of people during the day.
They are listed in descending order of increase rate.
Increased number of people at night
<People at night on the 4th>
▽ Near Chiba Station ... 19% increase
▽ Near Omiya Station ... 14% increase
▽ Near Yokohama Station ... 6% increase
▽ Near Shibuya Scramble Crossing ... 2% increase
▽ Near Tokyo Station ... 2 % Increase
The trend of restaurant customers
According to a private survey, the number of customers visiting restaurants in the week up to the 4th in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which has been declared a state of emergency, has decreased by more than 60% compared to the same period last year. I did.
Toreta, an IT company in Tokyo that provides reservation and customer management systems for restaurants, is investigating changes in the number of customers at approximately 3,000 stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which has declared a state of emergency. ..
According to this, the number of customers visiting the store in the week up to the 4th decreased by 60.6% compared to the same period last year.
Since the state of emergency was declared in January, it has decreased by 68.5% as a whole until March 4.
Comparing the number of customers visiting the store in a week by
time of day
,
▽ "from 8:00 pm to 0:00 am the next day" decreased by 90.8%,
▽ "from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm"
decreased
by 68%. Decrease,
▽ "From 11:00 am to 5:00 pm" was a decrease of 13.8%.
According to the company surveyed, "The welcome and farewell party and cherry-blossom viewing season are about to begin in earnest, but there are almost no reservations."
Refrain from going to and from the Greater Tokyo Area
Following the extension of the state of emergency issued to one of the three prefectures in the metropolitan area, some local governments are calling for refraining from going to and from the metropolitan area during the declaration period.
Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture told reporters on the 5th, "I would like to refrain from going to and from the Tokyo metropolitan area until the 21st of this month. I think there are jobs that require business trips, but I will respond by remote meetings and remote work as much as possible. I want you to do it. "