Regarding the response to the state of emergency, which will expire at the end of this month, Governor Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture said that he would like to leave the decision of the government to cancel the declaration and shift to priority measures such as prevention of spread, and the prefecture will not request it. I made it clear.
On the other hand, if the declaration is lifted and the priority measures are not applied, the restaurant will be allowed to serve alcoholic beverages, but the prefecture will continue to request shortening of business hours as a measure unique to the prefecture.
With four days left until the deadline for the state of emergency on the 30th of this month, Okinawa Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters for the new coronavirus on the afternoon of the 26th, and decided on future response policies.
After that, Governor Tamaki held a press conference and revealed that he would like to leave the request for the cancellation of the declaration and the transition to priority measures such as prevention of spread, which was initially considered, to the judgment of the government.
On the other hand, even if the declaration is lifted and the priority measures are not applied, the request to restaurants will continue as a prefecture-specific measure throughout the prefecture.
Specifically, ▽ alcoholic beverages will be served to restaurants until 8:00 pm at certified stores, until 7:00 pm at other stores, and ▽ requests for shortening business hours will be made at 9:00 pm at certified stores. Until 8:00 pm otherwise.
At a press conference, Governor Tamaki said, "I would like to make concrete adjustments while exchanging opinions with the government in the direction of implementing prefecture-specific measures to prevent infection with reference to priority measures." rice field.