Prime Minister Suga held a press conference from 7:00 pm on the 28th.
The main contents of the press conference are as follows.
Meet the cancellation criteria
"With the cooperation of medical and long-term care providers, food and beverage businesses, and each and every citizen, we have been working hard to build a medical system, prevent infections, and vaccinate. 2 After mid-August 2 The number of newly infected people nationwide, which had exceeded 15,000, continued to decline sharply, reaching 1,128 yesterday. It decreased from 5773 in Tokyo to 248 today.
Bed usage rates in all cities It has fallen below 50% in prefectures, and the number of seriously ill people has been declining since peaking in early September. , Meet the criteria for cancellation of the declaration indicated by experts and decided to cancel. "
The fight against the new Corona takes a new stage
"While maintaining high vigilance against viruses, restrictions on eating and drinking will be gradually relaxed. The fight against the new corona has entered a new stage, and as vaccination progresses at a rapid pace, the risk of infection is high. By suppressing it, the number of infected people will decrease significantly.
Vaccination and neutralizing antibody drugs can prevent the aggravation. By building a medical system that responds to major changes, it will be stable even if a certain infection occurs. We will be able to provide various medical treatments. "
Considering international traffic mitigation
"We will actively consider measures to ease restrictions on the traffic of international people required for business. From the 1st of next month, as a general rule, we will wait for vaccinated returnees from home for 2 weeks. It will be shortened to 10 days. We will consider further measures in the future. "