Governor Mimura of Aomori Prefecture requested the government to re-extend the priority measures such as the prevention of spread, which will expire on the 6th of this month, on the 2nd, saying that the infection situation in the prefecture of the new corona remains high. I made it clear.
Priority measures such as prevention of the spread of new corona measures have been applied to Aomori Prefecture from January 27, and the deadline has been extended to 6th of this month.
Governor Mimura told reporters on the evening of the 2nd, "Although the number of newly infected people has decreased from a certain period, it is still at a high level and there is no clear downward trend. The bed usage rate is around 50%, and it is on a downward trend. It is hard to say that there is a situation. I have to think that the priority measures are not in a situation where they can be completed at this time. " Did.
The government will follow the government's decision on when to end the priority measures after the re-extension.
Requests for shortening business hours for restaurants, etc. will continue to be made in Hirosaki City, and adjustments will be made to extend the prefecture's own infection control measures such as closing the prefecture's facilities.