Governor Nishiwaki of Kyoto Prefecture has announced that he has requested the government to extend the "priority measures to prevent spread" due on the 20th of this month.
Governor Saito of Hyogo Prefecture is also planning to request the government to extend it on the afternoon of the 15th.
The deadline for "priority measures such as prevention of spread" to Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, etc., which was applied from 27th of last month, is 20th of this month.
Regarding this, Governor Nishiwaki of Kyoto Prefecture held a meeting of the Countermeasures Headquarters with reporters around 11:00 am on the 15th, and based on the opinions of experts, decided that "it is necessary to continue priority measures". ".
He then revealed that he had requested the minister in charge of measures for the new Yamagiwa Corona to extend it.
He said he would like to leave the extension to the government's discretion, albeit two to three weeks.
Even if the priority measures are applied, the target area is the entire prefecture, and he expressed his intention to continue the request to the restaurants that are currently implementing to shorten the business hours.
Governor Saito of Hyogo Prefecture has also decided to request an extension of "priority measures such as prevention of spread" and intends to request the government on the afternoon of the 15th.
On the other hand, Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture said, "In the current situation, it is natural to extend the" priority measures such as spread prevention "," and has indicated that he will not make a request for that.
Yamagiwa New Corona Countermeasures Minister "Judgment while looking at medical burden"
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, the Minister in Charge of Japan's Corona Yamagiwa said, "The number of newly infected people has calmed down or decreased considerably" regarding the treatment of "priority measures such as spread prevention" in 21 prefectures whose deadline is 20th of this month. The fact is that as the number of elderly people suffers from infections increases, the number of people who become ill becomes more serious, which puts a burden on medical care. , I will carefully judge one prefecture and one prefecture. "
In addition, after clarifying that he exchanged opinions with Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture on the 14th, "There was a talk that the medical burden on the elderly is quite high, so let's do our best to support the country. I think the game is how much we can control the medical burden on the elderly. "