The emergency response headquarters for the new coronavirus of the National Governors' Association will be held, and the state of emergency will be lifted on the 21st. There was an opinion that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the efforts for this.
The National Governors' Association opened an emergency response headquarters for the new coronavirus before the state of emergency issued in one of the three prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area was lifted, and about 30 governors participated.
First, Governor Iizumi of Tokushima Prefecture, who is the chairman of the National Governors' Association, said, "It is necessary to think carefully about how to attack on the premise of rebound. It is also necessary to activate effectively. "
After that, each governor made a statement, and Governor Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture said, "Although the 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures have finally been released, it is not very easy to release them all at once. I would like to call for thorough "mask eating and drinking" to prevent the spread of infection. "
Governor Ohno of Saitama Prefecture said, "The number of infected people has not stopped declining, but even shows signs of an increase again. We need to work on it. "
Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture said, "In advance in Osaka, a monitoring test for asymptomatic people to catch signs of the spread of infection, which the government has listed as one of the five pillar measures after the declaration is lifted. Although it is being carried out, the number of samples is small, it does not work as it is, and I only feel that I am doing it. I would like to propose to narrow down the inspection target to asymptomatic people of restaurant employees. " It was.
At the meeting, the food service industry and tourism industry are in a difficult situation even in areas not covered by the state of emergency, and we want the country to provide fair financial support. , There was an opinion that we should call for thorough infection prevention measures.