Regarding the state of emergency issued to 10 prefectures as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, the government will lift it in 9 prefectures except Okinawa, and 7 prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka will shift to priority measures such as prevention of spread. We will make a decision after consulting with an expert on the 17th.

The state of emergency issued to 10 prefectures and the priority measures such as spread prevention applied to 5 prefectures are all due on June 20th.



Regarding the target areas of the declaration, the government will lift the deadline for 9 prefectures except Okinawa on June 20th, of which 7 prefectures of Hokkaido, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto and Fukuoka will be until July 11th. The policy is to shift to priority measures for the period.



This is the first transition from a declaration to a priority measure.

The government will continue to request restaurants in areas where priority measures are applied to shorten business hours by 8:00 pm, and will make adjustments so that alcoholic beverages can be served until 7:00 pm on the premise of thorough infection control measures. I am.

On the other hand, regarding Okinawa, the period of declaration will be extended to July 11 because the medical care provision system is still tight.



In addition, Gifu and Mie will be canceled on June 20th, which is the deadline among the five prefectures to which priority measures such as spread prevention are applied, while Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures will extend the period until July 11th. is.



On the 17th, the government will decide on such a policy at the countermeasures headquarters if it is consulted and approved by the basic coping policy subcommittee made by experts on infectious diseases.



On the other hand, regarding restrictions on holding events, the government maintains the limit of 5,000 participants in the areas of declaration and priority measures when conducting large-scale sporting events, etc., but even if the declaration etc. is lifted 1 We have decided to take transitional measures up to 10,000 people.



In response to this, the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are being finalized to include spectators, and the handling of the number of spectators is one of the focal points.