Kyoto Prefecture held a meeting of the headquarters for countermeasures against the new coronavirus, and decided to cancel the request for shortening the business hours until 9 pm to restaurants in Kyoto city on the 21st of this month.
On the other hand, in order to prevent the spread of the infection again, we are calling on the citizens of the prefecture to take thorough measures.
Kyoto Prefecture has requested restaurants in Kyoto City to shorten their business hours to 9:00 pm even after the state of emergency has been lifted, and is considering taking action before the deadline of 21st of this month. On the night of the 18th, we held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters.
According to the person in charge of the prefecture, the number of infected people in the prefecture is decreasing, and the bed usage rate as of the 17th was 12%, which was lower than the stage 3 level indicated by the national subcommittee and improved. It was reported that
Based on this situation, we decided to cancel the request for shortening business hours to restaurants in Kyoto city, which had been issued for three months from December last year, on the 21st of this month, which is the deadline.
On the other hand, even after the request is lifted to prevent the spread of the infection again, the citizens of the prefecture will be required to take measures such as having a dinner for 4 people or less for 2 hours, a welcome and farewell party with eating and drinking, and refraining from cherry blossom viewing. I confirmed that I would call.
We have also decided to strengthen our response to restaurant safety measures, set up a dedicated consultation desk, and introduce a new system to check the ventilation status inside the store.