The state of emergency has been expanded to nine prefectures with the addition of Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima to the target areas.
The deadline is 31st of this month, and the government says that it is necessary to continue basic infection control until vaccination progresses, and is urging the people to wear masks again.
The area covered by the emergency declaration has been expanded to 9 prefectures, with the addition of 6 prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, and Fukuoka, and 3 prefectures of Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima from the 16th.
The deadline is 31st of this month.
Three prefectures, Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto, have been added to the area to which the "Priority Measures to Prevent Spread" are applied, bringing the total to 10 prefectures.
The deadline is 31st this month for the 7 prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Gifu, Mie, Ehime and Okinawa, and 13th next month for the added 3 prefectures of Gunma, Ishikawa and Kumamoto.
The government said that it is necessary to continue basic infection control measures until vaccination progresses amid the spread of highly infectious mutant viruses, and reiterated that people should wear masks, wash their hands, and avoid three-cs. I'm asking you to be thorough.
Under the declaration and "priority measures", we request restaurants to stop providing alcohol and karaoke facilities, shorten business hours, and encourage companies to further promote telework as much as possible. I would like to suppress the flow of alcohol and reduce infection.