In response to the government's declaration of emergency, Osaka Prefecture will hold a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters and decide on measures to accompany the declaration, such as requesting a restaurant that serves alcoholic beverages to take a leave of absence.
Prior to this, Governor Yoshimura said, "I would like to ask for your cooperation in order to control the mountain of infection and overcome this crisis," and called on the citizens and businesses to understand and cooperate.
Following the government issuing a state of emergency to the four prefectures of Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, and Tokyo from the 25th to the 11th of May, Osaka Prefecture will then headquartered at 6:45 pm. We will hold a meeting to decide what to do with the declaration.
Specifically, we request restaurants that provide liquor and karaoke facilities to take a leave of absence, and also request restaurants that do not provide alcohol and karaoke facilities to shorten their business hours to 8:00 pm. I will.
In addition, except for retail stores that sell daily necessities, the total floor area of the building exceeds 1000 square meters, and facilities used by many people are requested to be closed.
In addition, the event will be requested to be suspended except for non-audience.
Prior to this, Governor Yoshimura told reporters, "I think that the period of declaration is appropriate for 3 weeks to 1 month, but since the country decided to concentrate here, I will concentrate until next month 11th. I would like to ask for your cooperation. We have to curb the flow of people, but Osaka's proposal has been adopted considerably for that part. "
On top of that, Governor Yoshimura said, "Although it will put a tremendous burden on socio-economic activities, the current infection situation in Osaka and the medical care provision system are extremely difficult. I would like to ask the citizens of the prefecture for their cooperation. "