China News Service, July 15th, Kyodo News reported that Japan is expected to launch the "Go To Travel" tourism support project on the 22nd. On the 14th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that relevant accommodation facilities must adopt new crown epidemic prevention and control measures. However, for Japan to start the project when the epidemic spread again, the opposition parties and local governments have requested changes to the guidelines.
Data map: On July 11, local time, the streets of Shibuya, where young people gather in Tokyo, are crowded. China News Service reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, the opposition parties such as the Constitutional Democratic Party held a joint hearing on the project on the 14th, and the National Democratic Party Congress countermeasures chairman Hiroko Hara asked the project to be revised. Haraguchi Haraguchi said: "The epidemic may use cities such as Tokyo as a "seismic source" and spread to all of Japan. It should be stopped."
On the same day, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike revealed that there were 143 newly diagnosed cases in Tokyo. After 119 newly confirmed cases were added on a single day on the 13th, it continued to be less than 200 cases, but it still maintained a three-digit high. At present, in addition to night downtown areas such as bars, collective infections have also occurred in theaters, nurseries, and welfare facilities. The fear of the spread of the epidemic from Tokyo to various places has increased.
According to the report, it was also pointed out that as a precautionary measure for the epidemic, the volunteers in the rainstorm disaster area were limited to people from the county. The initiation of the above-mentioned projects contradicted these anti-epidemic measures.
That night, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was asked at the mansion whether he was implementing the project as planned, and Abe said: "I am paying close attention to the current epidemic with a high degree of tension."
According to the report, measures that must be taken by accommodation facilities and tourism operators include: users to check body temperature; check-in counters need to be equipped with partitions; shared facilities such as baths limit the number of people and exchange air. The measures also require meals not to be self-service, but to provide and maintain separate seats and establish a liaison system with the health center.
The Ministry of International Relations will cooperate with relevant groups to confirm the anti-epidemic measures when registering for the project, but the number of facilities and tourism operators is huge. However, Japanese media pointed out that there may be limitations in checking whether the site actually complies with epidemic prevention measures.
According to reports, regarding the start time of the project, Chia Ika emphasized the necessity of starting as soon as possible at the press conference on the 14th. Chika Ika said, "Under the overall policy of the government combined with the opinions of infectious disease experts, the local authorities strongly demand the start" . He said he would also ask tourists to avoid going to crowded attractions, wear masks and talk less in trams.