Regarding priority measures such as prevention of spread in 31 prefectures with a deadline of March 6, the government has no choice but to consider extending it mainly in urban areas, considering that the usage of beds is high. There is an opinion that.
This week, the government will decide how to handle it while listening to the intentions of the local government.
Regarding priority measures such as prevention of the spread of new corona measures, the government has applied the deadline of March 6 to 31 prefectures such as 1 metropolitan area, 3 prefectures, 3 prefectures in Kansai, and 3 prefectures in Tokai.
The government wants to lift the priority measures for local governments that have the prospect of improving the infection situation and avoiding the tightness of the medical care provision system, and to revitalize socio-economic activities.
However, from within the government, although the speed of spread of infection has slowed down, the number of severely ill people is still high, and considering that the usage of beds is high, we have to consider extending it mainly in urban areas. There is an opinion that it will not be obtained.
The government will decide on the treatment of priority measures in 31 prefectures this week while paying close attention to changes in the number of infected people in each region and the medical care provision system, as well as listening to the intentions of local governments.
On the other hand, with regard to border measures for Omicron strains, the policy is to gradually ease the measures from March 1st, and the upper limit of the number of immigrants per day will be increased from the current 3,500 to 5,000, and the infection situation in Japan and overseas and Based on the quarantine system at the airport, we will gradually increase the number of immigrants.