The three prefectures of Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto jointly requested the government to re-extend the state of emergency, which will expire on the 31st of this month, on the night of the 26th, considering that the medical care provision system is still in a difficult situation.
Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture held their respective countermeasures headquarters meetings on the 26th, following the decision by Osaka Prefecture to request the government to re-extend the state of emergency, which will expire on the 31st of this month. We discussed the response.
Of these, at a meeting in Hyogo Prefecture, Governor Ido said, "The usage rate of severely ill beds has remained at a high level, and it is far from the situation where the declaration is lifted."
The average number of newly infected people per day in the prefecture is 170 per week, and the medical system is still tight, so we re-extended the declaration that intensive measures are needed. I decided to ask the government.
In addition, at a meeting in Kyoto Prefecture, it was reported that the medical care provision system had not improved, with the usage rate of beds for inpatients rising to 58% as of the 25th.
Governor Nishiwaki said, "There are some concerns such as the first spread of the mutant virus in India being confirmed in neighboring prefectures. We must continue to work to control the number of infected people with a sense of tension." I decided to request an extension.
In response, the three prefectures of Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto jointly requested the government to re-extend the declaration on the night of the 26th.