Governor Hamada of Kagawa Prefecture has extended the priority measures such as the prevention of spread, which is due on the 6th of this month for the measures against the new coronavirus, to the government again, saying that the measures are not loosened based on the infection situation in the prefecture. I requested that you do.
Priority measures such as spread prevention, which are applied to 31 prefectures including Kagawa prefecture as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, will expire on the 6th of this month.
However, in Kagawa Prefecture, the number of infected people has continued to exceed 400, except for Sundays and public holidays, when the number of tests is small, and the infection has spread to teens and younger and the elderly. , Schools, facilities for preschoolers, and facilities for the elderly are experiencing a series of outbreaks.
In response to this situation, Governor Hamada of Kagawa Prefecture said at a press conference on the morning of the 3rd, "The situation where the chain of infection has not stopped continues, and the number of newly infected people is still high. We are not in a situation to loosen the measures, and it is unavoidable to request an extension again. "
Governor Hamada then requested the government to extend the priority measures again.