Regarding the state of emergency, which is due on the 7th of this month, the government is coordinating to extend the declaration due to the fact that the medical care provision system is still tight in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai area, and this week the advisory board I will open and make a decision.
More than three weeks have passed since the declaration of emergency based on the Law on Special Measures for New Coronavirus, and the number of newly infected people in the last week has been decreasing compared to the previous week, while the number of newly infected people has been decreasing. The proportion of elderly people at high risk of becoming severe is increasing.
In response to this situation, the government is adjusting to extend the state of emergency, which is due on the 7th of this month, due to the fact that the medical care provision system is still tight in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai area.
The government held an advisory board this week to consider whether the declaration could be lifted in Tochigi prefecture, which is one of the target areas, because the number of newly infected people is decreasing and the degree of tightness of the medical care provision system is improving. , I will decide how to handle the declaration after listening to the opinions of experts.