Regarding the "priority measures such as prevention of spread" for the new corona measures, the government has decided to extend the deadline for 17 prefectures such as Osaka until the 6th of next month, while 5 prefectures such as Okinawa will cancel it with the deadline of 20 days.


As a result, the deadline for all 31 prefectures to which the priority measures are applied is next month 6th.

On the night of the 18th, the government carried out the new Coronavirus Countermeasures Headquarters in a rotating manner.



Regarding "priority measures to prevent spread," 16 prefectures such as Kansai 3 prefectures, Hokkaido, and Fukuoka, which have a deadline of 20 days, and Wakayama, which has a deadline of 27 days this month, have come to say that it is necessary to continue to work on controlling the spread of infection. I decided to extend it until the 6th of March.



On the other hand, Okinawa, Yamagata, Shimane, Yamaguchi, and Oita prefectures have decided to cancel the infection with a 20-day deadline, saying that the infection situation has settled down.



Prior to this, the minister in charge of Yamagiwa said in the Diet, "In the government subcommittee, although the number of newly infected people has started to decrease in many areas, the situation continues to be unpredictable, including the areas where priority measures have been completed. Therefore, there was an argument that we should continue to work on thorough basic infection control measures. Based on these discussions, we will proceed with measures. "



Due to the decision of the Countermeasures Headquarters, the deadline for all 31 prefectures including 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, including Tokyo, where priority measures are applied, is 6th next month.