Government Subcommittee “Continue to exclude“ Go To ”if infection remains high or spreads”

The government's "three weeks of competition" deadline is approaching next week to curb the spread of the infection.

The government subcommittee on measures against the new coronavirus is a meeting held on the 11th, when the infection situation remains high or continues to spread in areas where infection is rapidly spreading, such as Tokyo and Osaka. Will continue to seek measures such as excluding it from the target area of ​​the "Go To Campaign".

The government has positioned the three weeks from the end of last month as "three weeks of competition" in which countermeasures are intensively taken in a short period of time, and corresponds to "stage 3" in which infection is rapidly spreading in Hokkaido, Tokyo, Osaka, etc. Since the end of last month, there have been temporary exclusions from the target areas of the "Go To Campaign" and calls to refrain from going out unnecessarily.

As the deadline for this period approaches next week, the subcommittee will hold a meeting on the 11th to reduce the infection status in the area corresponding to "Stage 3": "decrease", "remain high", and "further expand". In each case, we will propose measures that the government and local governments should take in the future.

Among these, if you are that there is a need to analyze the effect of the current measures to prospect the middle of this month, when the infection status is "stubbornly high" or "expand", Ya strengthening of shortening the request of the business hours for the restaurant , It is necessary to continue measures to exclude it from the target area of ​​the "Go To Campaign".

At the meeting on the 11th, future measures will be discussed based on this recommendation.

To present "Proposals for careful response during the year-end and New Year holidays"

The government's subcommittee on measures against the new coronavirus will hold year-end parties and new year parties online and consider postponing homecoming in areas corresponding to "stage 3" where infection is rapidly spreading, regarding the measures required for the year-end and New Year holidays At the meeting held on the 11th, we will make recommendations calling for a cautious response.

Also, in other areas, year-end parties and New Year's parties are held with as few people as possible, taking actions to reduce the risk of infection, such as finishing in a short time or sitting diagonally opposite, and returning home is also a vacation. It is pointed out that it is necessary to take measures such as avoiding congestion by shifting the timing of taking.