In Okinawa Prefecture, where the infection of the new coronavirus is rapidly spreading, priority measures such as prevention of spread will be applied from the 9th, and restaurants will be requested to shorten their business hours.
We heard from restaurants in Okinawa prefecture that they were worried about the impact on future sales.
With the application of priority measures such as prevention of spread from the 9th, Okinawa Prefecture will open for restaurants until 9:00 pm for restaurants that have been certified by the prefecture, and until 8:00 pm for other restaurants. Ask for.
At restaurants in Naha City, which has been certified by the prefecture, the number of customers has gradually returned since October last year when the state of emergency was lifted, and the year-end and New Year holidays were crowded with many customers from noon.
However, since the number of customers was far away from a few days ago, almost no customers were seen even after noon on the 8th, the first day of the three consecutive holidays.
Ryo Kikuhara, the owner of the restaurant, said, "Since there are so many infected people, I think there is no way to apply the priority measures. If the number of customers decreases, the sales will decrease, so I think that the time to endure will start again. I just hope that it will subside soon. "