With the new coronavirus countermeasures, the government wants to increase the effectiveness of requests for shortening business hours to restaurants, etc., and to allow flexible opening of temporary medical facilities, so next year's ordinary Diet session will have a special measures law. The policy is to accelerate consideration with the aim of submitting a revised bill.
The government has begun discussions on the revision of the Act on Special Measures Against the New Coronavirus in a subcommittee of experts, taking into account recommendations from the National Governors' Association.
At the previous press conference, Prime Minister Suga pointed out that "the most effective countermeasure against infection is to shorten the business hours of restaurants," and to the business operators who responded to the request to shorten the business hours. He expressed his intention to proceed with consideration of clearly stating financial support and imposing penalties for non-compliance.
In addition, the government wants to review the temporary medical facilities that can be set up by the governor of the prefecture where the state of emergency is declared so that they can be opened flexibly even before the declaration is issued.
In the subcommittee, while there was an opinion calling for tightening regulations, it was pointed out that restrictions on private rights should be carefully considered, and the government will accelerate the examination with the aim of submitting a revised bill to the ordinary session of the Diet next year. It is a policy.