From “Emergency Declaration” to 2 weeks for strengthening measures Government April 21, 4:02

21 days will be two weeks after the "Emergency Declaration" is issued based on the law in seven prefectures such as Tokyo. Given that there are regional differences in reducing contact opportunities, the government is considering further strengthening its efforts, taking into account the views of the government's expert meeting held on the 22nd.

It will be two weeks 21 days after Prime Minister Abe issued the “Emergency Situation Declaration” to 7 prefectures such as Tokyo based on the Act on Special Measures against New Coronavirus on 7th of this month.

The government analyzes the increase and decrease in the number of people based on the location information of mobile phones, etc., and also added the 6 prefectures that have become "specific warning prefectures" to the data, and posted the data on the website of the Cabinet Secretariat. I will.

As a result, in urban areas on holidays, there were areas that decreased by more than 80% compared to before the spread of infection, while there were areas that decreased by only about 50%, and there is a regional difference in the reduction of contact opportunities. .

In addition, since the number of people on weekdays has not decreased, the government has continued to call for the promotion of telework, and there are some areas such as supermarkets and shopping districts where many people are gathering. I strongly urge you to avoid the three “closeness” of “closeness”.

The government said that if the number of people-to-people contact opportunities could be reduced by 70 to 80%, the increase in the number of infected people could be reduced two weeks after the declaration, and a government expert meeting will be held on the 22nd. We will consider further strengthening our efforts, taking into account the opinions of