Regarding the priority measures such as prevention of spread in 18 prefectures, which are due on the 21st of this month, the Minister in Charge of Japan's new corona measures Yamagiwa has indicated that he will decide on the treatment on the 16th after confirming the intentions of the prefectures.
There is widespread view within the government that priority measures such as prevention of the spread of new corona measures applied to 18 prefectures can be canceled by the deadline of 21st of this month, but some local governments such as Osaka Since the bed usage rate is at a high level, the government is considering how to handle it while observing the tight medical situation.
At a press conference, the Minister in Charge of Japan's Coronavirus Omicron Yamagiwa said, "I think the epidemic of Omicron strains is heading down. I want to. "
He said, "We will start the procedure based on the final judgment of each prefecture at the timing of the day after tomorrow," and said on the 16th that he would decide on the treatment of priority measures.
In addition, Minister Yamagiwa said that the government had previously shown a new way of thinking to ease the conditions for canceling the priority measures. We received expert consensus on steering in the direction. "