On the 15th, Hyogo Prefecture requested the government to lift the priority measures such as the prevention of the spread of the deadline on the 21st of this month, saying that the situation has improved, such as the bed usage rate dropping to 50%, which was an issue.
In response to this, the government will decide the treatment on the 16th.
On the 15th of this month, Hyogo Prefecture held a meeting of the Countermeasures Headquarters in the form of a rotation that does not gather face-to-face, and discussed measures for priority measures such as prevention of spread of the deadline on the 21st of this month.
The bed usage rate, which has been regarded as an issue for cancellation, has dropped to 50%, and the severe bed usage rate is 16.9%, which meets the national guidelines for cancellation, and the number of newly infected people continues to decrease. Therefore, I decided to request that the measures be lifted by a deadline and informed the government.
Regarding requests for shortened business hours to restaurants, etc., whether to continue to request certain restrictions on the prefecture's own even if the priority measures are lifted, after holding a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters again this week and listening to the opinions of experts I'm going to decide.
Deputy Governor Araki said, "March to April is a time when many people move. I would like to ask each and every one of us to be careful and continue to take infection control measures in order to converge without causing rebound. ".