Declaration of Emergency Situation "Cancellation in some areas raises risk of spreading infection" 5:01 on April 29
Regarding the state of emergency until 6th of next month, some prefectures and experts are worried that if some areas are lifted, the flow of people will occur and the risk of spreading infection will increase. I will. The government will carefully judge whether to extend the declaration and the infection situation in each region.
In Tokyo, the number of people infected with the new type coronavirus on the 1st was double digits for two consecutive days until the 27th of this month, but it was 112 on the 28th.
In Hokkaido, where 38 people were confirmed, clusters (groups of infected people) occurred at the nursing home for the elderly in Sapporo, and in Osaka prefecture, 32 people were confirmed.
The government is coordinating a meeting of experts later this week to get experts to think about data analysis etc. before deciding whether to extend the emergency declaration until the 6th of next month. I am deciding.
In connection with this, Minister of Economic Rehabilitation Nishimura said, "It has been two weeks since the target area was expanded nationwide on the 30th of this month, and then the effects will be visible as data."
Prefectural governments and experts are worried that if some areas are lifted, the flow of people to those areas will increase, increasing the risk of spreading infection.
For this reason, the government will carefully judge the infection situation in each region to decide whether to extend the declaration.