One metropolitan area and three prefectures have requested the government to extend the priority measures such as the prevention of spread, which is due on the 6th of this month, because the medical care provision system is still tight.
Priority measures such as spread prevention issued in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa are due on the 6th of this month.
On the 2nd, the governors of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures jointly requested the government to extend the measures.
The reason is that the bed usage rate for the new corona has exceeded 50%, and the medical care provision system is still tight as the number of critically ill patients, mainly the elderly, increases.
In addition to this, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will provide specific criteria for canceling priority measures, clarify response policies that anticipate future infection trends, and introduce new behavioral restrictions that utilize vaccines and tests. He requested that mitigation measures be considered.