The government has decided to extend the state of emergency in the four prefectures and add Aichi and Fukuoka to the target area.
We would like to continue to control infections by thoroughly implementing measures centered on eating and drinking situations, and to accelerate vaccination with the goal of 1 million times a day.
Regarding the measures against the new coronavirus, the government has extended the deadline of 11th next week to 31st of this month for the state of emergency declaration of 4 prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto, and will cover Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures from 12th next week. Decided to add to the area.
In addition, the "priority measures to prevent spread" applied to the three prefectures in the Greater Tokyo Area will be extended until the 31st of this month, and Hokkaido, Gifu and Mie prefectures will be added from the 9th, and Miyagi prefecture will be on the 11th next week. I decided to exclude it from the target with the deadline of.
Under the declaration, the government will relax requests for closure of large commercial facilities such as department stores and restrictions on holding events, while suspending the provision of alcohol and karaoke at restaurants and restricting the bringing in of alcohol. , I would like to continue to suppress infection by thoroughly implementing measures centered on eating and drinking situations.
In areas where the infection situation is severe, the governor has decided that he can continue to request leave of absence, and plans to cooperate with local governments.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Suga said that vaccination, which is regarded as the decisive factor for infection control, "I will take the lead in accelerating the implementation" and will end the vaccination for all elderly people who wish to have it in mind at the end of July. Therefore, he emphasized the idea of aiming for 1 million doses per day.
The government wants to accelerate vaccination by opening large-scale vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka, and supporting municipalities to secure doctors and nurses who will be responsible for it, aiming for the 24th of this month. It's an idea.
However, the government has pointed out that it is necessary to consider improving efficiency in the future because interviews before vaccination are limited to doctors, and while the supply of vaccines is in full swing from this month, municipalities The challenge is to build a system to smoothly promote inoculation in cooperation with.