Priority measures such as prevention of spread have been applied to the three prefectures of Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima from the 9th regarding the measures against the new corona.
The government intends to take all possible measures, such as shortening the business hours of restaurants, in cooperation with the three prefectures, and to ensure a medical care provision system.
In response to the rapid spread of the new corona infection, the government will apply priority measures such as prevention of spread to the three prefectures of Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima from the 9th, and will take intensive measures.
The application of the priority measures is the first in the Kishida Cabinet since it was lifted in September last year, and the period will be more than three weeks until the end of this month.
The number of newly infected people in the three prefectures on the 8th was 1759 in Okinawa and 547 in Hiroshima, which are the highest ever, and 154 in Yamaguchi, the third highest in the past, and the increase in infected people continues to be unstoppable. increase.
The government intends to take all possible measures, such as shortening the business hours of restaurants, in cooperation with the three prefectures, and request the prefectures to disclose the preparation status of accommodation facilities, etc., and make every possible effort to secure a medical care provision system. ..
Furthermore, for Okinawa Prefecture, the policy is to strengthen the support system by dispatching doctors from a team called "liaison" that connects with the Prime Minister's Office and executives of each ministry and the disaster medical assistance team "DMAT".