Regarding priority measures such as prevention of the spread of new corona measures, the government has decided to extend it until the 21st of this month in 18 prefectures such as Tokyo, and to cancel it in 13 prefectures such as Fukuoka with a deadline of 6 days.
On the night of the 4th, the government carried out the new Coronavirus Countermeasures Headquarters in a rotating manner.
Regarding the priority measures such as spread prevention applied to 31 prefectures, 18 prefectures such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Aichi still have high bed usage rates, and it is necessary to continue measures this month. I decided to extend it for more than two weeks until the 21st.
On the other hand, in 13 prefectures such as Fukuoka and Hiroshima, the infection situation has settled down, and we have decided to cancel it with a deadline of 6 days.
Prior to this, the Minister in charge of Yamagiwa said in the Diet, "In the 18 prefectures that will be extended, the number of newly infected people is declining in many areas, but the bed usage rate is still at a high level, and the medical care provision system will continue. It is necessary to make efforts to reduce the burden on the patient. We will continue to work on infection control based on the characteristics of Omicron strains, including areas where priority measures will be completed, ahead of various events at the end of the fiscal year. "
This is the second extension of the deadline in the 18 prefectures where the priority measures have been applied since January.
Border measures Raise the maximum number of immigrants to 7,000 per day
The government has changed the basic policy for measures against the new corona, and has added new measures such as raising the upper limit of the number of immigrants to 7,000 per day from 14th of this month.
A new framework apart from the upper limit also gives priority to accepting foreign students
In the changed basic coping policy, the upper limit of the number of immigrants who raised the number of immigrants from the 1st of this month to 5,000 per day will be further raised to 7,000 per day from the 14th of this month, and apart from this upper limit. We will establish a new framework and prioritize and steadily accept foreign students.
Characteristics of Omicron strain Included for comparison with seasonal influenza
In addition, the characteristics of the Omicron strain are newly included in the comparison with seasonal influenza.
Specifically, it is suggested that the case fatality rate of the Omicron strain is higher than that of seasonal influenza, and that the incidence of pneumonia is also high, although the data is limited, while further data collection and analysis are required in the future. It is said that a tentative opinion has been reported.