A new type of coronavirus whose infection continues to spread rapidly.
The area covered by the state of emergency has been expanded to six prefectures with the addition of Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Osaka in addition to Tokyo and Okinawa.
In addition, priority measures such as prevention of spread were applied to the five prefectures of Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Hyogo, Kyoto, and Fukuoka.
How about a trip?
How about going home?
How about swimming in the sea?
I summarized the movements of each place.
Closed all beaches in Chiba prefecture
In Chiba Prefecture, which was added to the target area of the state of emergency, all the beaches opened in the prefecture were closed on the 2nd, and local government officials took measures such as keeping them out of the adjacent parking lot.
Following the addition to the area covered by the state of emergency, Chiba Prefecture closed all 11 beaches that had been opened in the prefecture on the 2nd.
Of these, four beaches in Tateyama City, which had been opened since 22nd last month, were closed, and at the largest Hojo Beach in the city, prefecture officials lined up barricades at the entrance of the adjacent parking lot. We have set up a notice to inform you of the closure.
In addition, on Okinoshima, a land-based uninhabited island that many tourists visit every year for swimming, city officials will be prohibited from entering the island itself, and city officials will install a barricade with an iron pipe on the road leading to the island. It was installed.
Masaomi Shishida, chief of the Tateyama City Tourism Minato Division, said, "Public parking lots are also closed, and we would like you to refrain from coming to the beach during the state of emergency to prevent infection." rice field.
Travel Further Cancellation Agency "Need to reduce the number of infected people"
At travel agencies in Tokyo, the impact of summer reservations, which are significantly less than usual, is spreading, including cancellations.
As the infection continues to spread rapidly, the National Governors' Association has decided to urge the national government to cancel or postpone the principle of travel and movement across prefectures during the summer vacation, including the return home of Obon.
Under these circumstances, at the travel agency "Asuka Travel" in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, which mainly handles group travel, the number of reservations for summer vacation, which has the highest sales, is about 10% of the average year, which is significantly lower than last year.
Pamphlets for overseas travel are lined up on the shelves of the store during this period, but this means that the reservations for domestic travel, which were slightly empty, have been canceled.
As the infection spreads, customers who visit the counter are not actively encouraged to travel, so Yoshisaburo Murayama, president of the Tokyo Travel Agency Association and president of Asuka Travel, said, "Travel It is a very difficult situation that I want to recommend but I can not recommend it. Summer vacation is the busiest season, but I feel that the situation has become taboo as it was last year. To become a society where you can enjoy traveling First of all, I feel that it is necessary to reduce the number of infected people. "
Some college students are considering canceling or postponing their return home
Some college students living in dormitories in Tokyo are reconsidering their return home during the summer vacation.
At the student dormitory "Matsubo Gakusha" in Koganei, Tokyo, 34 male university students from Saga and Fukuoka prefectures live away from their parents.
In the dormitory, few students returned home during the summer vacation due to the influence of the new coronavirus last year, but it is said that more than 60% planned to return home this summer.
However, as the infection spreads rapidly, some students are considering canceling or postponing their return home.
At the dormitory, the dormitory mother explained to the students that the National Governors' Association had put together a proposal calling for the government to cancel or postpone the movement across prefectures during the summer vacation.
Yoshin Ueno (20), a second-year college student who received the explanation, bought an airline ticket two weeks ago to return to his hometown of Fukuoka, but now he is wondering whether to return home. ..
My parents in their 50s had not been vaccinated, and on the 31st, my father
contacted
me to be careful about my behavior two weeks before returning home and
to undergo a PCR test.
Mr. Ueno said, "Students are being asked to refrain from going home during the New Year holidays and Obon festival, and the chances of going home are decreasing. It's hard to go home because I think you can see it at. "
On the other hand, Satoshi Ono (22), a fourth-year student, has not been able to decide when to return home due to the spread of the infection.
Mr. Ono said, "I can understand that there is a call to stop returning home by looking at the infection situation." I'm not convinced and I feel it's a double standard. "
Voices of anxiety from restaurants that continue to be closed in Chiba
Snacks in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture have been closed for seven months since January due to the spread of the infection.
Mr. Kimura, who runs the company, wants to take thorough infection prevention measures during the holidays in case the business can be resumed, and an expert dispatched from Matsudo City is investigating the ventilation situation at the request of the store. I did.
Experts used a device to check the air flow to check if the ventilation volume per hour was sufficient, and advised Mr. Kimura to open windows to secure an air inlet.
On the other hand, Mr. Kimura was worried about when he could resume business as the infection spread rapidly and a state of emergency was declared. I think that the state of emergency is unavoidable, but I am worried about how long it will last and whether the number of customers will return after the declaration is lifted. By then, I would like to install a new ventilation fan and strengthen the measures. "
Voices of anxiety from Kobe Chinatown
On the other hand, in Hyogo Prefecture, from the 2nd to the end of this month, priority measures such as prevention of spread will be applied to 15 cities and towns such as Kobe City, Hanshinkan area, and Himeji City.
The prefecture is requesting restaurants in the target area to refrain from serving alcoholic beverages by opening business hours until 8:00 pm.
The restaurants in Nankinmachi, Chinatown in Kobe, were preparing to open on the morning of the 2nd, but of these, the Shoronpo specialty store had a sticker on the menu stating "We do not serve alcoholic beverages." ..
At this store, sales were slowly returning after the third state of emergency was lifted in June.
The store manager, Masahiko Ou, said, "I can't do it with a double punch if I can't serve alcohol during the summer vacation and tourists can't come."
“It's really painful not to be able to serve alcohol because it's a busy season, so I'd like you to visit while taking measures against infection,” said Liu Zhaoyun, director of the Nankinmachi Shopping District Promotion Association.
From Sapporo Izakaya to Curry Shop
At the izakaya chain stores in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, we gave up the business as an izakaya and reopened as a curry store of the same series in response to the request to not provide alcohol all day due to the application of priority measures such as prevention of spread. I decided to open it.
On the 2nd, the store was immediately redesigned for opening, such as changing the signboards and menus.
Yosuke Nakayama, director and general manager of the sales division of Shinwa Holdings, which runs an izakaya chain, said, "It is said that the liquor service will be suspended until the end of this month, but there is a possibility that it will be prolonged and management will be difficult unless some measures are taken. I want to take this situation positively and manage to succeed with new things. "
In the future, the store wants to attract customers while taking measures against infection by enhancing the take-out menu.
Review your actions as "myself"
The number of infected people per 100,000 population in each prefecture in the last week.
According to the index shown by the government subcommittee, when the number of people reaches "25 or more", the infection status corresponds to the most serious "stage 4".
Governor of each region raises a sense of crisis and calls for cooperation.
Governor Ohno of Saitama Prefecture, who was the target of the state of emergency, said after inspecting the large-scale inoculation site of the new coronavirus vaccine, he said, "The number of new positives exceeds 5,000 a week. The pace of doubling is also very fast, a level I have never experienced before. The overall medical affairs are in a very difficult situation. "
He added, "The pace of infection with Delta strains is faster than the prefecture's response. I would like to ask for your cooperation in thorough infection prevention measures and control of human flow."
In addition, Governor Kumagai of Chiba Prefecture said about the infection situation and medical care provision system, "The area near Tokyo is in a terrible infection situation, and the infection explosion is progressing in the prefecture, not from Tokyo. Maintaining the medical care provision system I want to do what I can. "
On top of that, regarding the state of emergency, "There are many cases of infection, thinking that it may be good once. By reducing the number of actions and conversations with people who do not normally live as much as possible, the infection can be stopped and the medical care provision system can be improved. It leads to maintenance. It is painful that the behavior is restricted, but in order to prevent the situation where the life saved in the end is not saved, I will review the behavior one by one from the viewpoint of infection prevention. I want you to do it. "