Government still unforgivable Considering whether to extend the emergency declaration New Corona April 27 5:11

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus confirmed in Tokyo on the 1st fell to 100 on the 26th, the first time in about two weeks. However, considering that the situation is still uncertain as to whether the infection is going to end, the government will carefully evaluate whether to extend the declaration of an emergency situation by the 6th of next month, by checking the trends in the number of infected persons in each region. I will proceed.

Government officials "I don't know if it's been declining for the past few days."

In Tokyo, the number of newly confirmed infections on the 26th was 72, and the number of confirmed infections per day fell below 100 for the first time in about two weeks.

In addition, a liaison meeting attended by Prime Minister Abe and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato reported that the number of infected people was decreasing.

However, a government official said, "I'm feeling calm for the last few days, but I can't tell if the trend is declining unless I see the transition."

Experts The number of infected people is not decreasing

Experts have also pointed out that the number of people infected each day has not fallen below expectations, so the government continues to call for refraining from going out, saying that it is still uncertain whether the infection will end. At the same time, after carefully observing the trends in the number of infected people in each region, we will carefully consider whether or not to extend the emergency declaration until the 6th of next month.

Government employment adjustment subsidy to be further expanded

On the other hand, the government has decided to further expand the employment adjustment subsidy to maintain employment, such as subsidizing the small and medium-sized enterprises in full up to a certain amount in response to a request for cooperation for leave.

Since mid-February when we started expanding the system, there were more than 2500 applications as of 24th of this month, but only about 10% of the payments have been decided, and speeding up payments is an issue.