Regarding the decision to extend the state of emergency in 19 prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "Building a medical care provision system," "Thorough infection control," and "Vaccination." He expressed his intention to work on countermeasures on this pillar and aim for cancellation by the deadline of 30th of this month.
The government will extend the state of emergency in 21 prefectures, which has a deadline of 12 days, to 19 prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka on the 9th until the 30th of this month, while Miyagi and Okayama prefectures will focus on preventing spread. I decided to move to measures.
Regarding this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, "While the number of newly infected people continues to decrease, it is expected that people will move across prefectures due to the start of Silver Week from this month 18th, and infection. We need to take all possible measures. "
On that basis, "The government wants to work firmly on the three pillars of building a medical care provision system, infection control, and vaccination in close cooperation with local governments. In particular, we ask for the cooperation of the people in infection control. , We will work toward the cancellation of declarations, etc. "