Yamagata Prefecture has been applied to nine cities and towns in the prefecture, and requested the government to cancel the "priority measures such as spread prevention" that are due on the 20th of this month.
In Yamagata Prefecture, "Priority Measures to Prevent Spread" was applied for the first time from 27th last month, and currently 9 cities and towns such as Yamagata City and Tsuruoka City are targeted, but the deadline will be on 20th this month. ..
For this reason, Yamagata Prefecture held a meeting of the Crisis Countermeasures Headquarters to discuss measures such as responding to priority measures.
Among them, 350 people in the prefecture were confirmed to be infected with the new virus on the 3rd of this month, but since then, the number of newly infected people has been decreasing and the bed usage rate is in the 40% range. However, it was reported that there are no seriously ill patients and that the degree of tightness to the medical system is expected to improve.
Then, the prefecture decided to request the government to cancel the "priority measures such as spread prevention" on the 20th of this month, which is the deadline, and then notified in writing.
Although we will not request restaurants to shorten the time, we have decided to set up a period of measures to prevent rebounds for two weeks from the 21st of this month and call on the citizens of the prefecture to take thorough infection control measures.
At a press conference after the meeting, Governor Yoshimura said, "The number of newly infected people is declining even in areas where priority measures are applied, and the request for cancellation was comprehensively decided based on the opinions of medical experts. If it does occur, the situation may return to normal, and I thought it was necessary to continue taking measures here without being relaxed. "