In response to the decision to extend "priority measures such as prevention of spread" in Saitama Prefecture, while requesting that restaurants in Saitama City and Kawaguchi City in the target area refrain from providing alcoholic beverages in principle, measures against infection in the prefecture We have decided to continue to allow alcoholic beverages to be served at certified stores.
In response to the decision to extend the priority measures such as prevention of spread, Saitama Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters from 5:30 pm on the 8th and decided the specific measures.
According to it, the period is from 12th of this month to 22nd of next month, and the target areas are the same as before, Saitama City and Kawaguchi City.
We request restaurants in the target area to open until 8:00 pm, which is the same as before, and in principle, refrain from serving alcoholic beverages.
However, stores that have been certified for infection control in the prefecture will continue to allow the provision of alcoholic beverages, and request that the provision time be until 7:00 pm, provided that it is limited to one person or a group of only family members living together. I will.
In addition to the measures area, the infection is spreading in the area adjacent to Tokyo, and we are urging the citizens of the prefecture to refrain from moving across prefectural borders and going to and from Tokyo as much as possible.
Governor Ohno said, "It's been a long-term measure that exceeds four months, and I'm really sorry, but as the infection continues to spread, I would like to ask for your cooperation again in order to save even one person's life." If there is a tendency for the infection to spread outside of one city, he said he would add it to the target area.