Regarding priority measures such as prevention of the spread of new corona measures, the government consulted with a subcommittee to make a policy to cancel 17 prefectures such as Osaka until the 6th of next month, while 5 prefectures such as Okinawa will have a deadline of 20 days. I did.
The government's "Basic Coping Policy Subcommittee", which is made up of experts on infectious diseases, started around 10:30 am.
Among these, the government needs to continue to work on controlling the spread of infection in the three prefectures of Kansai, Hokkaido, Fukuoka, etc., which have a deadline of 20 days, and Wakayama, which has a deadline of 27 days this month, regarding priority measures such as prevention of spread. I consulted about the policy of extending it until the 6th of next month.
On the other hand, Okinawa, Yamagata, Shimane, Yamaguchi, and Oita prefectures said that the infection situation had settled down, and they also consulted on a policy to cancel it with a deadline of 20 days.
If consent is obtained, the government will formally make a decision at the Countermeasures Headquarters, after prior reporting to the Diet and questions.
As a result, the deadline for priority measures will be 6th next month in 31 prefectures including 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures such as Tokyo.