Regarding the state of emergency, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato pointed out that if the number of infected people in Tokyo falls below 500 per day and the measures are relaxed, the infection could spread again. He emphasized the idea of carefully deciding what to do in the future, assuming that the assumption was made.
Regarding the criteria for canceling the state of emergency, Mr. Nishimura, the Minister for Economic Revitalization, mentioned earlier that the number of infected people per day in Tokyo will be less than about 500, but Professor Hiroshi Nishiura of Kyoto University On the 13th, announced a simulation that if the measures were relaxed at the stage of 500 people, the infection would spread again within two months.
Regarding this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said at a press conference in the afternoon, "I know that the simulation was calculated based on certain assumptions, and the outlook for the number of infected people in the future will inevitably make certain assumptions. I think it has to be done. "
After that, he said, "I would like to continue to take proactive measures while listening to the opinions of experts," and emphasized the idea of carefully deciding future measures based on the opinions of experts. Did.