Restrictions on holding government events Easing on 10th as planned New Corona 7th July 07:03
Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, it was recognized by the governmental subcommittee that it was different from that in early April when the emergency declaration was issued. The government plans to relax the event's holding restrictions as scheduled on 10th of this month.
The "New Coronavirus Infectious Diseases Control Subcommittee", which replaces the expert meeting to discuss new coronavirus countermeasures, was held for the first time on the 6th, and opinions regarding the infection situation in Tokyo where more than 100 new infected persons exceeded 100 in 5 consecutive days Was exchanged.
Experts acknowledged that the health care delivery system is not under pressure due to the large number of infected young people and few seriously ill people, which is different from the first emergency declaration in early April. ..
Also, regarding the relaxation of the event holding schedule scheduled for this month, there was a view that it will be accepted on the premise of thorough infection prevention measures.
For this reason, the government is easing as planned, increasing the maximum number of participants for the event from the current 1,000 to 5,000.
On the other hand, at the meeting, there were some opinions that new infections had a certain proportion of cases where the transmission route was unknown, so we should pay attention to prevent the infection from spreading to various places.
The government will hold a subcommittee again in the middle of this month to hear opinions on the prevention of the spread of infection and the balance between socio-economic activities.