Declaration of Government Emergency Situation to be partially canceled on the 14th Traffic continues to be self-restraint May 13 at 6:02
On the 14th, the government is considering discontinuing the declaration of an emergency situation in some of the "special alert prefectures" and in all 34 other prefectures. However, since it is necessary to thoroughly prevent the spread of infection even after the cancellation, the policy is to call for continued refraining from traffic to and from the "specified vigilance prefectures".
Regarding the declaration of emergency, the government will hold an expert meeting on the 14th and consider removing it before the end of May.
Upon canceling the expert meeting, the government will set standards such as the number of new infected people per 100,000 population in the last one or two weeks and the status of securing a medical care system that can cope with seriously ill people, and the government Based on the standards, we are considering discontinuing the declaration in some of the "specific warning prefectures" and in all 34 other prefectures.
At the meeting of the Governor's Association held on the 12th, there was an opinion that the measures should be taken to prevent the spread of infection even after the cancellation, and that people should be encouraged not to move across prefectures in principle.
At the press conference, Minister of Economic Rehabilitation Nishimura said, "Even if it is lifted, not all things will be free immediately." I clarified the policy to call.
Even in areas where the government has been lifted, the use of facilities that have been confirmed to have mass infections, such as sports gyms, restaurants with entertainment, and live houses, will continue to request refraining from use, while measures to resume business at these facilities Will publish it based on the opinions of experts.