Prime Minister Suga has been holding a press conference since 8 pm.
At a press conference, Prime Minister Suga said, "We will hold the New Corona Countermeasures Headquarters earlier and add Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures to the state of emergency, and the period will be from 16th to 31st of this month." Regarding "Priority Measures to Prevent Spread," Gunma Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Kumamoto Prefecture have been added, and the period has been decided to be from 16th to 13th June. "
"We will take strong measures in the region of the state of emergency"
"In the areas of the state of emergency, we will cooperate with each local government and take strong measures under high tension, such as stopping the provision of alcohol and karaoke at restaurants and promoting telework."
On top of that, in the area of "Priority measures such as prevention of spread", intensive measures such as shortening the time of restaurants and patrols are taken, and measures similar to the state of emergency such as stopping the provision of alcohol at restaurants are also taken. I'm supposed to be able to do it. "
"Also starts to inoculate the general public to the prospect through the next month."
The prospect through the "next month, from the municipalities that inoculation of prospects with the elderly, including the people that there is an underlying disease, widely to the general public also starts to vaccination. In addition, the national companies of the industrial physician With the cooperation, we will promote inoculation to people in the community and workplaces. "
On top of that, "I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused to you, such as not being able to make a reservation easily. We will secure it and cooperate firmly with the local governments and other related parties. "
"We also respected the opinions of experts and made additional decisions this time."
"The infection situation in Japan varies rapidly in some areas, and the number of newly infected people is decreasing in Osaka, but it is almost flat in Tokyo. , Aichi and Fukuoka continue to increase the number of infected people. "
On top of that, "Under such circumstances, the number of newly infected people is increasing at an extremely fast rate in Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima prefectures, which have relatively large populations. We have been taking measures while doing so, but at the Keisa subcommittee, experts indicated that we needed to take stricter measures. "
"The government has not changed the idea that it is an important time to stop the infection as the mutant strains spread, and respected the opinions of experts, and made an additional decision this time. The period is Tokyo, etc. It will be until the end of this month together with the prefectures, and we will make a new decision at that point regarding the subsequent response. "
"I hope all of you can inoculate as soon as possible."
"Full-scale vaccination is progressing in local governments nationwide from this week. Vaccination is a trump card to save the lives of each and every one of you. With the cooperation of local governments and medical personnel, 85% of the whole country By the end of July, 1490 municipalities will be able to complete vaccination for the elderly. "
On top of that, "Prefectures and university hospitals are working together to establish large-scale inoculation centers. We will continue to support all local governments and inoculate as soon as possible for all of you. We will work to do so. "