Prime Minister Suga said at the House of Councilors Budget Committee that the state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area, one metropolitan area and three prefectures, would be lifted by the deadline of 21st of this month. Showed the idea to do.
Among them, Prime Minister Suga said about the state of emergency in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, saying, "When I extended it for two weeks, the bed was tight, so I wanted to improve it, but the number of newly infected people came here. The rate of decline has been flat. We are not in a situation where we can say whether or not to extend the declaration, "he said, and he said he would make a final decision while listening to the opinions of experts.
On the other hand, regarding the system for managing vaccination of the new coronavirus, Mr. Kono, the minister in charge of regulatory reform, said, "We are developing the system so that the local government can have a more concrete image by showing the whole picture by the end of this month." Said.
"If you need a vaccine passport externally, you will be able to issue it based on it," he said.