Eating and drinking with a large number of people Thorough call for infection countermeasures such as “3 secret avoidance” Government November 17, 4:44

As the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, the government said that eating and drinking in groups of 5 or more is conspicuous in the clusters that occurred at the dinner, and when eating and drinking with a large number of people, infection such as avoiding the so-called three crowds We are calling for thorough measures.

Regarding "Go To Eat" that stimulates demand for eating out, the government requested the prefectural governors to consider whether to exclude the use by a certain number of people or more, such as 5 or more people in areas where infection is spreading. It was decided to do.



Under these circumstances, when the government analyzed the clusters that occurred at dinner since July, 29 cases of eating and drinking in groups of 5 or more out of 44 cases that were found to be infected accounted for 66%. I found out.



Regarding this, Mr. Nishimura, the minister in charge of economic revitalization, said, "There will be year-end parties during the year-end and New Year holidays, but experts have also suggested that caution is required." We are calling for thorough infection control measures, such as avoiding the so-called Three Cs.



The government hopes to hold a study group by experts on the 18th to consider reviewing the guidelines and reduce the number of infected people as soon as possible in order to strengthen measures against infection at restaurants.