As there is a risk that the infection of the new corona will spread further mainly in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture will expand the target to the entire Kumamoto City from the 10th of the week on the request for shortening the time to restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages. , Decided a policy to request the government to apply priority measures such as prevention of spread.
Kumamoto Prefecture hurriedly held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters for the new coronavirus on the 7th.
Among them, it was reported that the number of newly infected people in Kumamoto City was 60 in the preliminary figures on the 6th, which was the highest in the 4th wave, and the bed usage rate in the city reached 75%.
For this reason, the prefecture decided to issue its own "declaration to prevent the spread" and strengthen measures for Kumamoto City.
Specifically, we will expand the scope of the current request for shortening business hours to restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages in the center of Kumamoto City from the 10th of the week to the entire city.
The period, which was originally set to 12 days, will be extended to the end of this month, and business hours will be extended by 1 hour to 8:00 pm.
Furthermore, Governor Kabashima announced on the 10th that he would request the government to apply priority measures such as prevention of spread to Kumamoto City.
In addition, at the meeting, in response to the addition of Fukuoka Prefecture to the target area of the state of emergency, we made a request to shorten the time to restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages in 6 cities and towns under the jurisdiction of the neighboring Arao City and Ariake Health Center. We also decided to extend it until the end of this month.
Governor Kabashima said, "Whether or not the fourth wave can be suppressed depends on each person's consciousness and actions," and especially in Kumamoto City, after 8:00 pm, he called for cooperation such as thoroughly refraining from going out unnecessarily. It was.