On March 1, Okayama Prefecture requested the government to cancel the priority measures such as the prevention of the spread of the deadline on March 6, saying that the degree of tightness in the medical care provision system is improving.
In Okayama Prefecture, priority measures such as prevention of spread will be applied from January 27, and the deadline will be March 6.
Regarding this, Governor Ibaragi of Okayama Prefecture held an extraordinary press conference on the afternoon of March 1, and the number of newly infected people peaked in early February and has been declining, and the bed usage rate has fallen below 50%. As the degree of tightness in the medical care provision system is gradually easing, it has announced that it will not ask for an extension and will request the government to lift it on March 6.
In response to this, the prefecture requested the government to cancel it in writing.
In addition, Governor Ibaragi said about the time saving request to restaurants throughout the prefecture, "The infection situation of Omicron strain and the time saving request do not match very well. We should start steps toward recovery of socio-economic activity" in 6 days. I showed the idea to release it.
On the other hand, in schools and facilities for the elderly, there are a series of clusters, so we will continue to take measures to prevent infection to children and the elderly.
Governor Ibaraki said, "There is a risk of rebounding due to the cancellation of the request for shortening the working hours, so I would like to ask the citizens of the prefecture to act cautiously for a while."