Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, Nagasaki Prefecture has issued a prefecture-specific "special warning" from the 5th, calling for refraining from having dinner with anyone other than family members.
In response to this, Mayor Tagami of Nagasaki City expressed his intention to conduct free PCR tests on employees such as restaurants with entertainment to control the spread of infection.
Nagasaki Prefecture raises the prefecture's own five stages of infection to "Stage 4" from the 5th, issues a "special warning", refrains from having dinner with non-family members, and unless it is truly unavoidable. , We are calling for refraining from coming and going outside the prefecture.
In response to this, Mayor Tagami of Nagasaki City held an extraordinary press conference, saying that 6 of the 13 places where clusters were confirmed to occur in the city from April 1st to 4th were restaurants. explained.
In addition, it was revealed that among employees such as restaurants with entertainment around the "Shianbashi / Doza district" in Nagasaki City, the largest entertainment district in the prefecture, free PCR tests will be conducted for those who wish.
According to the city, we would like to send information to about 700 stores from the 5th and proceed with the inspection to prevent the spread of the infection.
In addition, regarding the request to the government to apply "priority measures such as spread prevention", Mayor Taue said, "Ultimately, the prefecture will decide, but what can the city do in case of such a case? I want to talk. "
Variant virus test 92% suspected of being infected
According to Nagasaki Prefecture, 92% of the 66 people who were tested for mutant virus in the prefecture who were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the week until May 2 61. It turned out that the person was suspected of being infected with the mutant virus.
The prefecture plans to proceed with detailed analysis by sending samples to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.