Regarding the state of emergency issued in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, the government will open a response headquarters from 8 pm and decide to extend the 7-day deadline by 2 weeks to 21 this month. ..
Regarding the state of emergency in each of the three prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area, an advisory committee made up of infectious disease experts has approved the government's policy of extending the 7-day deadline by two weeks to the 21st of this month.
In response to this, a report and a question were held in the Diet, and the Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura said, "If you look at the latest infection status and medical care provision system status in the four prefectures of the Tokyo metropolitan area, it is equivalent to" Stage 3 "or less. However, there are also marginal indicators. "
On top of that, "In particular, in order to reduce the burden on the medical care provision system, it is necessary to continue to implement emergency measures, thoroughly implement measures, determine that the bed usage rate will decrease stably, and ensure the equivalent of" Stage 3 ". There is. "
The government will open a response headquarters at 8 pm and decide to extend the declarations of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures until the 21st of this month.
Then, Prime Minister Suga will hold a press conference from around 9 pm to steadily reduce the number of infected people and the usage rate of beds and lead to the cancellation of the declaration, so that the people will further refrain from going out and cooperate with telework. I am going to call for such things.
This is the second extension of the state of emergency for one city and three prefectures.