Regarding the state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, the government has decided to extend the deadline of 11th next week to 31st of this month and add Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures to the target area from 12th next week. did.
Regarding the countermeasures against the new coronavirus, the government opened a countermeasures headquarters at the Prime Minister's Office from 5 pm, and Prime Minister Suga, Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura attended.
Regarding the state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, we have decided to extend the deadline of 11th next week to 31st of this month and add Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures to the target area from 12th next week. did.
In addition, regarding the "priority measures such as prevention of spread" applied to the three prefectures in the Greater Tokyo Area, the deadline has been extended to 31st of this month, Hokkaido, Gifu and Mie prefectures have been added from 9th, and Miyagi prefecture has been added. , I decided to exclude it from the target with the deadline of 11 days next week.
As a result, the
▽ declaration targets the six prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, and Fukuoka, and the
▽ "priority measures" apply to Hokkaido, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Gifu, Mie, Ehime, and Okinawa.
It will be expanded to
8 prefectures
.
The target areas of the "priority measures" decided by each governor are expected to be 16 cities and towns such as Sapporo City in Hokkaido, Gifu City and Ogaki City in Gifu, and 12 cities and towns such as Yokkaichi City and Kuwana City in Mie. ..
Kan Prime Minister, held a press conference to prospect the 7 o'clock tonight, along with seek the understanding to the people, we decided to continue to call for cooperation to the measures.