Fukushima Prefecture has decided not to request the government to extend the priority measures such as prevention of spread, which will expire on the 6th of this month, because the tightness of the medical system is improving.
The priority measures such as spread prevention applied to Fukushima Prefecture are due on the 6th of this month, but according to the prefecture, it has been decided not to request the government to extend the period.
Along with this, requests for shortening business hours to restaurants throughout the prefecture and refraining from serving alcoholic beverages are expected to be lifted.
In Fukushima prefecture, the average number of newly infected people in the last week is about 300 per day, which is on a downward trend compared to the peak in early last month, and the bed usage rate has fallen below 50% for 6 consecutive days. Since there is a certain tendency for improvement in the degree of tightness of the medical system, it was decided not to request an extension of the period.