Event holding restriction Maintained until the end of next month 4 consecutive holidays Thorough infection prevention measures 4:23 on July 23
With the highest number of people infected with the new coronavirus per day, the government has decided to maintain restrictions on events scheduled to be mitigated next month. The number of elderly people infected is increasing, and we are calling for thorough infection prevention measures during the four consecutive holidays starting from the 23rd.
The number of new infections with the new coronavirus reached 238 in Tokyo on the 22nd and 121 in Osaka, making it the highest number of people infected each day.
Prime Minister Abe said at the headquarters of the countermeasures on 22nd, "It is a situation that should be vigilant. The situation is very different."
On the 22nd, the government started "Go To Travel" as a basic policy that the prevention of infection and the balance between socio-economic activities are the basic policies.
On the other hand, with regard to the event holding limit, from the first day of the next month, we plan to remove the limit of 5000 participants and reduce it to about half of the capacity of each facility, but before and after the event As a result, a large number of people will gather and the infection will spread.
The government said that while the healthcare system is still not in a tight situation, the proportion of elderly people is gradually increasing, and avoiding three secrets and masks during the four consecutive holidays starting from the 23rd. We call for thorough infection prevention measures such as wearing and washing hands.