Mayor Matsui of Osaka City apologized for revealing that at least more than 1,000 city officials were having dinner in a manner contrary to the call while calling on citizens to have dinner with four or less people.
Since the 1st of last month when the second state of emergency was lifted, Osaka City has called on citizens to have a mask dinner for up to 4 people to prevent the spread of infection, and has opened restaurants by 9 pm I requested that it be shortened.
However, in the meantime, late last month, a large number of staff members from the city's elderly facilities section and river / ferry management office held farewell parties and drinking parties, after which multiple participants were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. Was there.
In response to this situation, the city has been conducting an interview survey with all staff members since the beginning of this month to see if they had a dinner with five or more people in spite of the call.
Regarding this survey, Mayor Matsui revealed on the 23rd that more than 200 dinners were confirmed against the call and that the number of employees who participated exceeded 1,000 in the interim report.
Mayor Matsui apologized, "I'm really sorry to the citizens. I want to deal with all cases strictly," and said that he would publish detailed findings within the next week.