State of emergency extended until 31st Aichi Fukuoka added Approved by subcommittee

A subcommittee made up of experts to counter the new coronavirus will extend the deadline of 11th next week to 31st of this month for the state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, and will extend Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures. I accepted the government policy to add to the target area.

The government's "Basic Coping Policy Subcommittee" made up of experts on infectious diseases was held on the morning of the 7th with the attendance of Minister Nishimura and others in charge of economic revitalization.

Among them, Minister Nishimura said, "Looking at the situation in Osaka and Tokyo, the number of new positives yesterday was 747 in Osaka and 591 in Tokyo, which is still much higher than" Stage 4 ". Especially in Osaka. , The bed is extremely severe, and it is a critical situation. "

He pointed out that Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures continue to see an increasing number of new positives, and their beds are in a difficult situation.

After that, regarding the state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, we extended the deadline of 11th next week to 31st of this month, and discussed the policy of adding Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures to the target area from 12th next week. It was.

In addition, the deadline for "priority measures such as prevention of spread" applied to the three prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be extended to 31st of this month, and Hokkaido, Gifu and Mie prefectures will be added from 9th. We consulted on a policy to exclude it from the target with a deadline of 11 days next week.

Regarding the target areas of the "priority measures" decided by each governor, Hokkaido will be Sapporo City, Gifu will be 16 cities and towns such as Gifu City and Ogaki City, and Mie will be 12 cities and towns such as Yokkaichi City and Kuwana City. I showed the prospect.

According to this policy, the declaration targets 6 prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, and Fukuoka, and the "priority measures" are applied to 8 roads of Hokkaido, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Gifu, Mie, Ehime, and Okinawa. It will be expanded to the prefecture.

Regarding the measures to be taken under the declaration, Minister Nishimura will add not only stores that provide alcohol and karaoke facilities but also stores that newly allow alcohol to be brought in as targets for leave requests to restaurants and the like. For large-scale facilities with a total floor area of ​​more than 1000 square meters, such as department stores that have requested closure, we have requested that business hours be shortened to 8:00 pm, and that in principle, the event be held without spectators. He explained the policy of requesting that the maximum number of people for the event be 5,000 and half of the capacity, and that the event be held by 9:00 pm.

In addition, in order to prevent the spread of infection in medical institutions and facilities for the elderly, we will distribute up to 8 million simple antigen test kits so that infected people can be found early, and in response to the rapid spread of the mutant virus in India. We have clarified the policy of strengthening border measures.

On that basis, Minister Nishimura said, "We will continue to request residents to refrain from going out unnecessarily, including during the day, to refrain from moving between prefectures, and to avoid crowded places and times. I want to go. "

The subcommittee discussed and agreed to these government policies.

In response to this, the government will open a response headquarters at 5 pm and make a decision after reporting to the Diet and asking questions from the afternoon.

Then, Kan conference Prime Minister reporters 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.

Chairman Omi "Preventing rebound until inoculation"

Shigeru Omi, chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Basic Response, said in an interview with the press after the meeting that he accepted the government's policy regarding the extension of the state of emergency.

On top of that, "The period from now on until the elderly are vaccinated is extremely important. In the meantime, we must prevent a large mountain of rebounds, and the government will take more solid measures than ever before. The most important thing is to strategically utilize antigen testing with immediate results to prevent large clusters. "