Declaration of emergency Kansai lifted Tokyo metropolitan area and Hokkaido continue to official decision May 21 5:26
Regarding the declaration of an emergency based on the Act on Special Measures against Countermeasures against New Coronavirus, the government will cancel it in Osaka, Kyoto, and two prefectures in Kansai in Hyogo, while the government plans to continue it in Tokyo and other prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Hokkaido. , 21st, we will consult the advisory committee formed by experts and make a formal decision.
Regarding the declaration of emergency, the government will decide on the 21st whether it is possible to cancel the remaining 8 prefectures, and considering the overlapping of living areas in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kansai It is a policy to do.
When deciding to cancel, one of the criteria is that the number of new infections per 100,000 people in the last week will be about 0.5 or less. One prefecture has established a policy of canceling the declaration because it meets this standard.
On the other hand, in 1 prefecture and 3 prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area, while Saitama and Chiba meet the standards, Tokyo and Kanagawa do not, and we also plan to continue declaring Hokkaido, which does not.
On the 21st, the government will consult such a policy with an "advisory committee" formed by experts of infectious diseases, report and question at the House of Representatives Steering Committee of the Houses of both Houses, and formally make a decision at the countermeasures headquarters. I am.
The government urges areas where the declaration continues to continue to refrain from going out, etc., and even in areas where the declaration has been announced, it is possible that the infection will spread again if thorough infection prevention measures are not implemented. We are calling for continued reductions.