As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, the coverage area of priority measures such as prevention of spread has been expanded from the 8th.
In order to curb the spread of infection on a nationwide scale, the government will strengthen measures in the area where it is based, and will continue to persistently call for refraining from going out unnecessarily.
As the spread of the new coronavirus continues, eight prefectures, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, and Kumamoto, will be added to the areas to which priority measures such as spread prevention will be applied, and the priority measures will be applied. The area has been expanded to 13 prefectures.
In addition, emergency declarations have been issued to the three prefectures of the Tokyo metropolitan area, Osaka and Okinawa prefectures, and the period is until 31st of this month for both the declaration and priority measures.
Under these circumstances, in Tokyo, the number of newly infected people exceeded 15,000 nationwide, including the second highest number of infections of about 4,500 people so far on the 7th. It became the most in a row.
In order to curb the spread of infection on a nationwide scale, the government has decided to strengthen measures in the area where it is based by declaring and prioritizing measures, shortening the business hours of restaurants and thoroughly suspending the provision of alcohol. At the same time, we will continue to secure a medical care provision system.
Furthermore, as it is necessary to curb the flow of people as much as possible, we will continue to call for refraining from going out unnecessarily and refraining from going home or traveling during the Obon festival as much as possible.