Governor Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture said about the public viewing planned in the prefecture in connection with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, "I would like to see if it will be held for a while, but it is a very difficult situation," including cancellation. I showed the idea to consider.

In Kanagawa Prefecture, new cases of coronavirus infection exceeded the same day of the previous week for two consecutive days.



Regarding this, Governor Kuroiwa said, "It seems that only Kanagawa is left behind compared to the decrease in other prefectures in the metropolitan area. I do not know the cause, but I do not think I can be optimistic."



On top of that, during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, public viewing is planned to broadcast the competition with a large-scale vision at two locations in the prefecture. It's a situation, "he said, and expressed his intention to consider including cancellation.



He also said that it is necessary to determine the infection status regarding the method of holding the torch relay scheduled to be held in the prefecture from the 28th of this month, and said, "Next week, we will cancel the priority measures such as prevention of spread until the 20th of this month. I will consider whether it can be done, so I would like to think about it together. "