As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, the government has added eight prefectures, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, and Kumamoto, to the areas to which priority measures such as spread prevention are applied, and the period is from August 8 to 31. The policy is to make a formal decision after consulting with an expert on the 5th.
The government has declared a state of emergency in 6 prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka, and has applied priority measures such as prevention of spread to 5 prefectures such as Hokkaido and Fukuoka, but the number of newly infected people is 10,000 nationwide on the 4th. With over 4,000 people, this is the largest number of announcements made on a daily basis.
After discussing with the relevant ministers on the 4th, Prime Minister Suga told reporters, "We discussed measures for the new corona that is rapidly spreading nationwide. We will take proper measures and focus on protecting the lives and health of the people. I have to go. "
In response to the worsening infection situation, the government has added eight prefectures, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, and Kumamoto, to the areas to which priority measures such as spread prevention are applied, and the period is from August 8 to 31. It is a policy to limit it to.
Then, after consulting with the "Basic Coping Policy Subcommittee" made by experts on infectious diseases on the 5th, if approval is obtained, after prior reporting to the Diet and questions, the Countermeasures Headquarters I will officially decide.
As a result, the area covered by the priority measures will be expanded from the five prefectures of Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Hyogo, Kyoto, and Fukuoka to 13 prefectures.