Corona measures at the time of disaster More than 1200 accommodation facilities offered to utilize evacuation shelters 12:24 on June 16
As a countermeasure against new coronavirus infections in the event of a disaster, the government requires local governments to utilize accommodation facilities such as hotels as shelters. As a result of the country summarizing the situation in each region, it was found that more than 1,200 lodging facilities have so far proposed cooperation.
While there are concerns about infection with the new coronavirus, it is becoming necessary to increase the number of shelters in order to avoid crowding many people in evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster.
For this reason, in April this year, the government urged local governments and groups with lodging facilities to consider using hotels and inns in advance. As a result, the national summary found that by the 15th of this month, 1254 lodging facilities nationwide had offered to prefectures to be used as evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster.
The breakdown of the number of facilities by region is 67 in Hokkaido, 86 in Tohoku, 414 in Kanto, 125 in Kita-Shinetsu, 139 in Chubu, 228 in Kinki, 70 in Chugoku, 26 in Shikoku, and 99 in Kyushu/Okinawa. I will. This list of accommodation facilities is shared by prefectures and local governments, and discussions and adjustments are being made on specific ways of utilizing it in the event of a disaster.
Mr. Takeda, the Minister for Disaster Prevention, said, "The securing of space for each person's evacuation center is a major issue. I want the local government to make effective use of accommodation facilities, such as whether the accommodation facilities are suitable as evacuation centers in the future." It was
If the local government uses accommodation facilities such as hotels as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus infection, the cost of installation and management will be covered by a grant from the national government.