As the infection of the new corona continues to spread rapidly, the three prefectures of Kansai and Hokkaido have requested the application of priority measures such as prevention of spread.
The government plans to discuss the response with Prime Minister Kishida at the beginning of the week and decide to apply it to the requested local governments on the 25th next week.
The number of newly infected people of the new corona was about 9,700 in Tokyo and 6,200 in Osaka on the 21st, both of which are the highest ever, and exceeded 49,000 in the whole country, the highest ever for four consecutive days. Has been updated.
As the spread of infection continues, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto's three Kansai prefectures, Hokkaido and Shizuoka prefectures requested the government to apply priority measures such as spread prevention on the 21st, and Fukuoka, Saga and Oita in Kyushu. Multiple local governments, such as three prefectures, are going to make requests in the future.
In response to this, the government plans to discuss the response with Prime Minister Kishida at the beginning of the week and decide to apply it to the requested local government on the 25th next week.
In addition, the government will extend the three prefectures of Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima to which the priority measures are applied, saying that it will be difficult to cancel by the deadline of 31st of this month, considering the current infection situation and medical care provision system. We are making adjustments at.
In addition, the US and Japanese governments have set the deadline of 24th of this month for 7 days until the end of this month, saying that they are still in an unpredictable infection situation regarding unnecessary and unurgent outing restrictions that are being enforced in the facility areas of the US military in Japan. We will confirm the extension and continue to pay close attention to the infection status.