Regarding priority measures such as prevention of the spread of measures against the new coronavirus, Niigata Prefecture has continued to have a high number of infected people, but the tightness of the medical care provision system has been avoided on the 2nd, and the government has a deadline of 6th this month. I requested to cancel it.
Following the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, on January 21, as priority measures such as prevention of spread were applied to Niigata Prefecture, requests for shorter hours were made to restaurants, etc., and the impact on people's lives. Is continuing.
Under these circumstances, Niigata Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters with experts on the 2nd, and although the number of infected people has remained high, it was agreed that the tightness of the medical care provision system was avoided, and the government agreed. We requested that the priority measures be lifted by the deadline of 6th of this month.
The government plans to decide on the treatment of priority measures on the 3rd.
If the priority measures are lifted as requested by the prefecture, the time saving request to restaurants, etc., as well as the upper limit of 20,000 people for holding events will be lifted.
On the other hand, regarding club activities that require prefectural schools to limit themselves to about 90 minutes only on weekdays, the prefectural board of education will limit them to about 2 hours on weekdays and about 3 hours on holidays even if the priority measures are lifted. In addition, we will continue to request that games with other schools be postponed.
On the other hand, the number of infected people in the prefecture has not decreased significantly and it is in a "warning state", so the prefecture has decided to distribute antigen test kits to nursery schools and kindergartens as well as facilities for the elderly.
At a press conference, Governor Hanazumi said, "We were able to curb the rapid spread of infection by applying priority measures at an early stage, but we will continue to make unnecessary and unurgent traffic to areas where priority measures are applied. I want you to refrain from it. "