The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will continue to take measures such as requesting the restaurants that serve alcohol to take a leave of absence during the extension period of the state of emergency until the 12th of next month.

On the other hand, we have decided to request the citizens of Tokyo to cut the number of outings to crowded places by half.

In response to the extension of the deadline for the state of emergency issued to the city from 31st of this month to 12th of next month, the city will hold a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters on the night of the 17th, and will take it during the period including the extension. I decided to take measures.



Of these, we will continue the current request for restaurants.



▽ If you provide liquor or karaoke facilities, we will close the business.


▽ If you do not provide it, we will request shortened business hours until 8:00 pm.



We will also continue to request shorter hours for large-scale facilities with a total floor area of ​​more than 1000 square meters.



The time is


▽ facilities such as department stores and arcades where customers can freely enter and exit until 8:00 pm,


when

facilities such as theaters and exhibition halls hold events, and movie theaters until 9:00 pm.



Of these, department stores will request a new reorganization of customers at underground food departments, etc. in response to changes in the government's basic response policy, aiming for a 50% reduction compared to early July.



In addition, as in the


past, we


request that

the event be

held until 9:00 pm and that

the maximum number of people is 5,000, which is within 50% of the capacity.



In addition, we request the citizens of Tokyo to refrain from going out and moving unnecessarily and urgently, including during the daytime, and to make sure that they are newly requested to reduce the number of outings to crowded places by half. became.

Governor Koike "" Medical emergency ", giving top priority to not causing death or serious illness"

After the meeting of the countermeasures headquarters, Governor Koike said, "Currently, the number of new positives and seriously ill patients is increasing explosively in the city, and it should be called" in the event of a disaster. "



On that basis, "We will position the current situation as a" medical emergency "and build a" medical emergency response system "to solve the problems of the medical system. We will give top priority to not causing death or serious illness. , All agencies will work together. "



In addition, "By the consciousness and efforts of each of us, the flow of people will become the number of people as a group of each person. I want to share the consciousness of suppressing contact between people. A defensive strategy of thorough infection prevention measures and an offensive strategy with two new weapons, vaccination and antibody cocktail therapy. We ask for your cooperation as we will tackle this disaster together. " rice field.