In response to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, Osaka Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters and decided to request the national government to apply priority measures such as prevention of spread.
At the countermeasures headquarters meeting held at the Osaka Prefectural Government Office on the afternoon of the 21st, Governor Yoshimura said, "I have witnessed that the infection spread power of Omicron strains is very strong. There is. "
He decided to request the government to apply priority measures such as prevention of spread, as it was necessary to take intensive measures.
The target area is the entire prefecture, and if the basic policy of the country remains the same,
▽ certified restaurants will allow the provision of alcoholic beverages and the business hours will be until 9:00 pm,
▽ non-certified restaurants The store does not allow the provision of alcoholic beverages and has a policy of opening business hours until 8:00 pm.
Requests to the national government will be made by the end of the 21st in 3 prefectures together with Hyogo and Kyoto.
On the other hand, Osaka Prefecture has decided to request the government to revise its coping policy based on the characteristics of Omicron stocks, and will formally decide on specific measures by holding a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters again.
In addition, at the meeting on the 21st, it was decided to raise the plan to secure beds with 5 levels to the highest "disaster-grade emergency", saying that the usage rate for mild and moderate beds is increasing. rice field.
We will operate all 3122 secured beds, which is more than 500 beds more than the currently operated beds.