New Corona April 11 11:59 besides the area covered by the “Night Town Measures” emergency declaration

In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the downtown area at night, the basic policy is to strongly encourage people to refrain from going out to restaurants with customer service in areas other than those subject to the "Emergency Declaration" based on the law. It could be added in a roundabout and approved by a governmental advisory committee.

In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the government has set the basic response policy for seven prefectures, including Tokyo, subject to the Declaration of Emergency under the Special Measures Law. People of all ages are strongly encouraged to refrain from eating and drinking with customers in downtown areas, where many people are experiencing nightlife.

However, according to government officials, there were cases where infections were spreading in such areas as employees who worked in restaurants serving customers in seven prefectures began to work in downtown areas other than the target area. That is.

For this reason, to prevent the occurrence of clusters in downtown areas nationwide, a content that strongly encourages self-restraint to go out to restaurants with customer service in areas other than those targeted by the “Emergency Declaration” will be added to the basic response policy. This was approved on the 11th by a rotatable government advisory committee.

The government has decided to revise its response policy at the Task Force, which will open this afternoon.