Governor Kumagai of Chiba Prefecture is considering easing the request to refrain from providing alcoholic beverages at restaurants that are taking infection control measures when the state of emergency, which is due on September 30, is lifted. I made it clear that I am.
Regarding the state of emergency, which is due on September 30, the government plans to determine the treatment on the 28th next week after assessing the status of the medical care provision system.
Regarding this, Governor Kumagai of Chiba Prefecture responded to the news report, "If the current infection situation is on a downward trend, it will be possible to cancel the declaration. After the cancellation, whether to apply" priority measures such as spread prevention "will be applied. It is necessary to make a judgment while paying close attention to the medical care provision system and the infection situation in the coming weekend. "
After that, if the declaration is lifted and priority measures such as spread prevention are applied, Governor Kumagai will take basic infection control measures indicated by the government as a "certified store" that meets the strict infection control standards created by the prefecture. It was revealed that the "confirmation store" is under consideration to be excluded from the request for refraining from providing alcoholic beverages.
According to the prefecture, the number of target stores is about 17,000 at present.
Governor Kumagai said, "In the future, we would like to keep the infection calm while allowing restaurants to continue operating under certain restrictions."
Chiba Prefecture is also in talks with Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures, and hopes to show the direction of more detailed measures early next week.