Government "Declaration" remain 8 decision to the prefectural 21 days prospect new corona May 15, 5:00 23 minutes
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An emergency declaration based on the Act on Special Measures Against the New Coronavirus has been lifted in 39 prefectures. Or about eight prefectural government has a policy to determine again whether it is possible to cancel the prospect of 21 days after one week remaining, meet the criteria for release in the Tokyo and Osaka that new infections have been confirmed certain number We will decide the transition.
On the 14th, the government released the declaration of emergency from all over the country in 39 prefectures, saying that the number of new infections was kept at a low level.
On the other hand, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa metropolitan areas and Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, and 8 prefectures in Kansai, and the eight prefectures in Hokkaido have greatly decreased the number of infected people, but the risk of spreading infection is high. As it remained, it was not targeted for cancellation.
At the press conference, Prime Minister Abe requested that the areas where the cancellation was postponed continued to work on refraining from going out, etc. We called for people to reduce their movements as much as possible and refrain from moving across prefectures at least as much as possible this month.
For eight prefectures remain government, after listening to again expert opinion on the prospect this month 21 days after one week, but our policy is to determine whether it is possible to release without waiting for the end of this month deadline, Tokyo In Kanagawa, Osaka, and Hokkaido, a certain number of new infections have been confirmed over the last week, and we are deciding whether to meet the criteria for cancellation.
To the second supplementary budget drafting
On the other hand, Prime Minister Abe has instructed that he should begin to formulate the second supplementary budget for this year, saying that another stronger economic measure is necessary.
As an additional economic measure, the maximum amount of employment adjustment subsidies for companies that maintain employment will be raised up to 15,000 yen per day, and those who do not receive sufficient leave allowance from their employers will be targeted. We also plan to create a system to receive benefits directly from the government and a benefit to reduce the burden of rent.
The government intends to incorporate the expenses related to these measures into the second supplementary budget bill and establish it in the current Diet.