Miyagi Prefecture will expand the request for shortening business hours to restaurants in Sendai City from the 5th in response to the decision to apply the "priority measures such as prevention of spread" of the new coronavirus. I decided on a policy.
On the 3rd, a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters of Miyagi Prefecture was held, and Governor Murai and others attended.
Given that the number of infected people is increasing rapidly and the medical system is tight, we are currently expanding the request for shortening business hours to restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages in Sendai city to "the entire prefecture". It was decided.
In principle, all stores in Sendai City that have obtained a business license for "restaurants" under the Food Sanitation Law, and outside Sendai City, "stores offering alcoholic beverages" including karaoke stores and "entertainment" Limited to "accompanying stores", stores that do not offer alcoholic beverages are not eligible.
The period is from the night of the 5th to the morning of the 6th of next month. In Sendai city, liquor will be served until 7:00 pm, business will be until 8:00 pm, and outside Sendai city, it will be open until 9:00 pm Request.
Stores that respond to the request will be provided with a cooperation fee of 40,000 to 200,000 yen per day in Sendai City, and 40,000 yen per day outside Sendai City, depending on the amount of decrease in revenue.
Miyagi Prefecture has also decided to request cooperation from sports facilities, movie theaters, and entertainment facilities in Sendai City so that the business hours will be until 8:00 pm.
Governor Murai A strong sense of crisis in the medical system
After the Miyagi Prefecture Countermeasures Headquarters meeting, Governor Murai held a press conference with the mayor of Sendai City and representatives of the Medical Association.
Among them, Governor Murai said, "Since the beginning of last month in Miyagi prefecture, a group of infected people = clusters have been occurring one after another at restaurants, etc. More than 90% of the beds of medical institutions in Sendai city are used. The medical system is extremely difficult. At the accommodation facility in Aoba Ward, Sendai City, the lungs are white when viewed with an X-ray. Eight people are being transported by emergency in Sendai, "he said, showing a strong sense of crisis about the tight medical system.
After that, he said, "I want each citizen of the prefecture to take conscious actions to prevent infection, such as refraining from using restaurants that are open at night without complying with the request."
In addition, the mayor of Sendai City said, "In order to avoid medical collapse and protect the lives of residents, we want you to take thorough infection prevention measures such as mask meals until early next month when priority measures such as spread prevention are applied." It was.