Yamagata City declares its own state of emergency Governor "If double-digit infection continues, time saving request

In connection with Yamagata Prefecture and Yamagata City's own declaration of emergency for Yamagata City, Governor Yoshimura said, "If the number of double-digit infected people continues for several days, we will have to ask for a shorter time at restaurants." He said that if the spread of the infection did not subside, he would request restaurants to shorten their business hours within the week.

In Yamagata Prefecture, the number of infected people is increasing rapidly, with the number of confirmed daily infections of the new coronavirus reaching 31 on the 21st, and Yamagata is adjacent to Sendai City, which has issued its own state of emergency. In the city, outbreaks of infected people = clusters are occurring one after another at restaurants and the like.

For this reason, the prefecture and Yamagata City issued their own state of emergency for Yamagata City on the 22nd, requesting that they refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently throughout Yamagata City, and if the medical care provision system becomes even tighter. It is said that it will promptly request the restaurant to shorten its business hours.

Regarding the reason for issuing the declaration, Governor Yoshimura said at a regular press conference, "There were no seriously ill people as an index, and there were many infections among young people, but the beds became tight, and the infection spread to the elderly a few weeks later. I made the speculation that it holds true. I hope that the spread of infection will converge and the number of infected people will be zero during the period. "

On top of that, regarding the request to the restaurant to shorten the business hours, "I don't have to go to convergence, but if the number of double-digit infected people continues for several days and the medical field becomes difficult, I have to ask. 2 , I have to talk with Yamagata City on the 3rd and think about it. "

"Some kind of subsidy for the restaurant business"

Regarding his own state of emergency, Mitsuaki Sato, who runs a long-established beef restaurant in the center of Yamagata City, said, "It was a state of emergency that customers have finally picked up at my restaurant. I'm just in trouble now. "

On top of that, he said, "I think it is difficult for prefectures and cities to take measures, but since the state of emergency calls for refraining from going out, I would like some assistance for the restaurant business."