On the 6th of this month, Governor Hattori of Fukuoka Prefecture announced that he is discussing with the government to cancel the priority measures such as preventing the spread of the deadline.
Fukuoka Prefecture has a policy of officially requesting the government to cancel on the 3rd, and if it is canceled, the request for shortening business hours to restaurants is expected to end.
Priority measures such as spread prevention, which have been applied to Fukuoka Prefecture from January 27, will expire on the 6th of this month.
Governor Hattori told reporters on the afternoon of the 2nd, "In order to confront Corona, the national and local governments must work together in the same direction. While sharing such information, we are discussing priority measures such as prevention of spread in the direction of cancellation on the 6th. "
He said, "I would like to show the citizens of the prefecture again when the conclusion is reached while the discussions are continuing."
According to the people concerned, Fukuoka Prefecture will formally request the government to lift the priority measures such as prevention of spread by the deadline.
In Fukuoka Prefecture, the usage rate of beds for new corona patients has gradually dropped from the peak of 80% to the 60% level, and the usage rate of beds for severely ill patients is as low as 10% or less. It seems that the impact on socio-economic activities due to the fact that this is the case and the continued priority measures such as prevention of spread are taken into consideration.
The government has decided to make a decision later this week, and if priority measures such as prevention of spread are lifted, the request for shortening business hours to restaurants is expected to end for the first time in about a month and a half.