In Osaka, where the state of emergency will be applied from the 2nd due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages will be required to close.

I heard a confused voice from the restaurant that decided to close.

Following the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, a state of emergency was declared in Osaka from the 2nd, priority measures such as prevention of spread were applied to Hyogo and Kyoto, and Osaka Prefecture was closed at restaurants in the prefecture that serve sake. We also request that business hours be shortened to 8:00 pm even if it is not provided.



The yakiniku restaurant in Minami, Osaka, had been purchased with the expectation that many people would increase the number of customers by the time Obon, which is the beginning of summer vacation, but upon request, we decided to close the restaurant from the 2nd.



The period for requesting leave is until the end of this month, which means that meat that could not be provided to customers within a day will have to be discarded.

The owner of the yakiniku restaurant, Tadashi Takashima, said, "I really want you to forgive me for being swayed. Since it's a yakiniku restaurant, some people say,'I just want to serve meat and rice,' but I can't serve sake. I have to take a leave of absence because it hurts. I want the infection to subside so that I can operate in a normal manner as soon as possible. "

People who enjoy shopping and sightseeing in the downtown area

On the other hand, in the downtown area of ​​Minami, Osaka, shoppers and others were seen coming and going.



In Kansai, the number of newly infected people confirmed on the 31st is 1040 in Osaka, and the infection of the new corona is rapidly expanding.



Before the state of emergency was declared in Osaka from the 2nd and priority measures such as prevention of spread were applied to Hyogo and Kyoto, people can be seen enjoying shopping and sightseeing in the downtown area of ​​Osaka Minami from the morning. I did.



A man in his twenties and a woman in his teens who came to sightseeing from Aichi Prefecture said, "I will make a declaration from tomorrow, but I came to sightseeing because I had planned it before."

At the Takoyaki restaurant in Minami, Osaka, the number of tourists was expected to increase during the summer vacation, so the clerk said, "If we knew that the infection would spread, we didn't have to cancel the third state of emergency. It's a very difficult situation for a store because there are few people. "