Ishikawa Prefecture requested the national government to apply "priority measures such as prevention of spread" on the 23rd because the spread of the new coronavirus infection cannot be stopped in the prefecture.
In Ishikawa prefecture, the number of infected people announced per day was 229 on the 21st, 263 on the 22nd, and 226 on the 23rd, and more than 200 infections were confirmed for 3 consecutive days, and the bed was used. The rate is also over 30% at 31.2% as of the 23rd.
In response to this, Governor Tanimoto and other prefectural government officials attended an urgent countermeasures headquarters meeting, and Governor Tanimoto said, "The number of infected people is increasing at an unprecedented scale and speed. However, we need to take strict measures. "
After the meeting, we requested the government to apply "priority measures such as prevention of spread".
In addition, Governor Tanimoto has clarified the policy to stop accepting requests for shortened hours to restaurants and reservations for prefectural travel discounts, etc., after covering the entire prefecture as the target area when "priority measures such as spread prevention" are applied. I made it.
Governor Tanimoto said, "Bed usage may exceed 50% next week. We would like to take all possible legal measures to stop the increase in the number of infected people."