The government has decided to extend the state of emergency in the four prefectures and add Aichi and Fukuoka to the target area.

There were voices saying that it was unavoidable in various places, and voices of anxiety about the economy and employment.

Aichi Prefecture To request such as refraining from going out during the day and closing restaurants that serve alcohol

Aichi Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters and decided on the contents of "emergency measures" that include the measures to be taken in the prefecture during the period of the emergency declaration from the 12th to the 31st of this month.



We request the citizens of the prefecture to refrain from going out, including during the day, except when necessary for their daily lives, and to refrain from unnecessary and unurgent movement across prefectures as much as possible.



We request restaurants that provide alcohol and karaoke facilities to be closed, and restaurants that do not provide alcohol to open until 8:00 pm.



We do not require large-scale customer attraction facilities such as movie theaters, department stores, and museums to be closed, but we request that business hours be shortened to 8:00 pm.



Mitsuaki Seki, chairman of the Aichi Medical Association, who attended the meeting, pointed out that "it is inevitable that the medical situation will become even more severe in the future. For half a year until the vaccine is distributed, all measures must be taken to prevent the spread of the infection." Did.

To ease leave requests such as department stores in Hyogo prefecture

From the 12th of next week, Hyogo Prefecture will ease requests for closures of large-scale facilities such as department stores, requesting shorter hours until 7:00 pm on weekdays and closures on Saturdays and Sundays.



Various voices were heard in Motomachi, the center of Kobe.



A woman in her twenties who works at a department store said, "I think it's okay to open a business on weekdays because people don't come in. I agree with the extension of the declaration, but the basic salary has already been cut due to the influence of Corona, and employment and economics I'm worried about it. "



A woman in her 70s said, "I'd be happy if the department store opens on weekdays, but I'm afraid of getting infected and I can't feel free to go.



A man in his thirties said, "I'm grateful to be able to go shopping on my way home from work. However, the restaurants are closed and I'm worried because I can't see how long the impact will last."

No major changes in the streets in front of Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture

In Fukuoka Prefecture, the number of infected people announced on the 7th is 472, which is a record high, and the infection is spreading rapidly, and it will be added to the target area of ​​the state of emergency from the 12th next week.



On the 8th, one night after the additional decision, shoppers were seen around JR Hakata Station from the morning, and there was no significant change in the traffic compared to the previous weekends.



A male student in his twenties attending a medical vocational school said, "I always spend weekends at home, but before I can't go out, I went out to buy what I could buy. I am careful about disinfecting it. I want to reduce going out, such as not going to restaurants as much as possible. "



A man in his 50s who visited from Hiroshima prefecture to meet his daughter who lives in Fukuoka city during the holidays said, "I couldn't go out because I went to watch a baseball game that I had reserved before. Is increasing, so I want to live without being distracted even after returning. "



A woman in her 70s who lives in Fukuoka said, "I was at home all the time, so when I came out thinking that I should go out, there were more people than I expected and I turned back. From now on, I will spend my time at home without going out. I want to go out for dinner with my grandchildren who I haven't met. "