As the speed of the spread of the new corona infection slows down, the government will ease the restrictions on actions by confirming the vaccination certificate etc. if the third vaccination is advanced in order to balance corona countermeasures and socio-economic activities. We are considering resuming the application of the "vaccine / test package".
The number of newly infected people of the new corona on the 21st of the whole country was about 50,000, a decrease of about 8,000 compared to the same day of last week, but the number of severely ill people continues to increase, 1495 on the 21st. It has become the most since I entered this year.
The government wants to avoid further extension of priority measures such as prevention of spread to 31 prefectures whose deadline is 6th next month, and will make every effort to prevent infection and secure a medical care provision system, and then carry out socio-economic activities. I would like to connect it to the activation of.
The government intends to further accelerate the third vaccination of the new corona vaccine, and if it goes smoothly, consider resuming the application of the "vaccine / test package" that confirms the vaccination certificate and relaxes the behavioral restrictions. ..
In addition, regarding border measures, the policy is to gradually ease the measures from the 1st of next month, and we would like to gradually increase the number of immigrants, etc., taking into account the infection situation in Japan and overseas and the quarantine system at the airport. I am.