With the extension of the state of emergency, the government has decided to change the "basic response policy" for measures against the new coronavirus, and will ease the request for shortening business hours for large commercial facilities that have requested closure. I'm going to include things like that.
In the draft of the basic response policy to be changed this time, business hours are for large-scale facilities with a total floor area of more than 1000 square meters, such as department stores, which have been requesting closure in the area subject to the state of emergency. Is requested to be shortened by 8 pm.
In addition, as a general rule, for events that have been requested to be held without spectators, the maximum number of people is 5,000 and the capacity is limited to half, and the event is requested to be held by 9:00 pm.
On the other hand, regarding the target of closure requests to restaurants, etc., not only stores that have provided alcohol and karaoke facilities so far, but also stores that are newly allowed to bring in alcohol will be added.
Furthermore, for behaviors with a high risk of infection such as group drinking on the street or in a park, we are requesting not only warning but also self-restraint based on the law.
Furthermore, in order to reduce the number of employees who commute to the workplace by 70%, the company is requesting economic organizations to proactively announce the implementation status of the utilization of telework.
In addition, in order to prevent the spread of infection in medical institutions and facilities for the elderly, a simple kit for antigen testing will be distributed up to 8 million times so that infected people can be found early.
The government will decide on a proposal to change the "basic response policy" at the countermeasures headquarters after hearing the opinions of experts.