As the spread of the new corona continues, the government has decided to extend the priority measures such as prevention of spread in 13 prefectures such as Tokyo and apply the priority measures to Kochi prefecture.
Since the priority measures of 21 prefectures such as Osaka will expire on the 20th of this month, the policy is to decide the treatment in the middle of next week while checking the transition of the number of infected people and the usage rate of beds.
The number of newly infected people on the 10th of the new corona was more than 99,000, exceeding 90,000 for the third consecutive day, and the infection is still spreading.
Under these circumstances, the government has decided to extend the priority measures such as prevention of spread in 13 prefectures such as Tokyo for 3 weeks until the 6th of next month, and to apply the priority measures to Kochi prefecture from the 12th to the 6th of next month. I did.
This will expand the coverage of priority measures to 36 prefectures.
On the other hand, in addition to the three prefectures of Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima to which the priority measures have been applied since the 9th of last month, the priority measures of 21 prefectures including the three prefectures of Kansai, Hokkaido, and Fukuoka will expire on the 20th of this month.
Yamagiwa, the minister in charge of Japan's Corona measures, said, "Since the situation is different in each prefecture, it is not a matter of making decisions together. We will make decisions one by one based on each situation."
In some local governments, the number of newly infected people in a week has decreased compared to the previous week, and there is an opinion that if the infection situation improves further, some local governments may consider canceling the priority measures. increase.
The government plans to decide on the treatment of priority measures in the middle of next week while observing changes in the number of infected people and the usage rate of beds.