In preparation for the crisis caused by infectious diseases, the government decided at the Cabinet meeting on the 7th to revise the Cabinet Law, etc., to establish the "Cabinet Infectious Disease Crisis Management Agency" as a control tower for centralized measures.
We plan to enact a revised bill in the current Diet session and aim to launch it around autumn this year.
In the revised bill approved by the Cabinet, it is said that the "Cabinet Infectious Disease Crisis Management Agency" will be newly established in the Cabinet Secretariat as a control tower for centrally conducting planning, drafting and general coordination of infectious disease countermeasures.
A deputy chief cabinet secretary will be appointed as the head of the Cabinet, with the position of Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management of Infectious Diseases.
At the "Infectious Disease Crisis Management Agency", 38 full-time staff are usually responsible for training and checking the readiness status of each ministry, but in the event of an emergency, it is assumed that the system will be expanded to 101 people to respond. It has been.
In addition, in order to be able to respond quickly and accurately from the early stages of the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases, the revised bill also states that currently only when a state of emergency is declared is issued by the Prime Minister to prefectural governors. It also incorporates the ability to use the right of instruction at the stage when the government headquarters is established.
The government plans to enact a revised bill in the current Diet session and aim to launch the "Infectious Disease Crisis Management Agency" around autumn this year.