Regarding the handling of the "Go To Travel" project due to the extension of the state of emergency, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 2nd, based on the government's new coronavirus countermeasures headquarters scheduled to be held on the night of the 2nd. He said he would decide whether to continue the outage.
In this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane said, "In the evening, the government's headquarters for dealing with new coronavirus infections will decide to handle the state of emergency. After that, it will decide to handle the Go To travel business after the 8th of this month." He said that it would be decided based on the government's response headquarters whether to continue the nationwide uniform suspension.
On that basis, he said, "Nothing has been decided yet at this point, but under the state of emergency, we would like to give top priority to the early convergence of the infection," and said that he would do everything in his power to curb the spread of the infection. Shown.