As the infection of the new corona continues to spread, the government has begun to consider applying priority measures such as spread prevention to the three prefectures of Tokyo and other metropolitan areas and the three prefectures of Tokai.
Under these circumstances, the three prefectures of Kumamoto, Nagasaki, and Miyazaki are also making adjustments in the direction of requesting the government to apply priority measures.
The total number of people infected with the new coronavirus announced in Kyushu and Okinawa on the 17th was 2,505. By prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture had the highest number of 950, Okinawa prefecture had 530, and Kumamoto prefecture had 366. I am.
In response to the rapid spread of the infection, the three prefectures of Kumamoto, Nagasaki, and Miyazaki are making adjustments to request the government to apply priority measures such as prevention of spread.
Governor Kabashima of Kumamoto Prefecture said on the 17th, "If nothing is done as it is, the medical care provision system may collapse. Considering the lives of the citizens of the prefecture, it is impossible to do nothing."
He also revealed that he is continuing to make adjustments to request the government to apply priority measures such as spread prevention on the 18th.
If requested by the local government, the government will consider applying priority measures after assessing the number of infected people and the medical care provision system.