Cancellation of the government's emergency declaration Examination in areas where no new infected person is confirmed May 8, 4:01
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus confirmed in Japan on the 7th fell below 100 for the first time since the emergency declaration was issued.
The government's policy is not to be determined whether it is possible to cancel the declaration in prospect this month 14 days, a period of time, proceed with the investigation, such as to target the areas where new infected person has not been confirmed.
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus on the 1st became 23 in Tokyo on the 7th, and 96 in the whole country, which was less than 100 for the first time since the emergency declaration was issued on the 7th of last month.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato said, "There were circumstances that it was a long consecutive holiday. The number of infected people temporarily decreased on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I will continue to carefully watch the trend." It was.
The government, for the emergency declaration, which was extended until the end of this month, be released without waiting for the deadline in some areas also have to consider, in prospect this month 14 days, and infected persons number of trends in each region to the experts The policy is to make an evaluation and judge.
Regarding this, Minister of Economic Rehabilitation Nishimura acknowledged that there are 17 prefectures where new infections have not been confirmed for one week until the 6th, and such areas may be subject to termination.
The government says that it is possible to cancel the declaration of 13 "special vigilance prefectures" such as Tokyo and Osaka, if experts determine.
For this reason, we are planning to proceed with the cancellation for a certain period of time, such as in areas where no new infected person has been confirmed or in areas where the level is low, in consideration of the medical care provision system, etc. We are in a hurry to create the criteria.
However, if there is an increasing momentum to cancel the policy, it is pointed out that there is concern that the number of people infected will increase due to the restraint on going out, etc.