On the 2nd, Yuriko Koike (fourth from the left), the head of four metropolitan local governments, including the governor of Tokyo, Japan, told Yastoshi Nishimura (center) Japan’s economic regeneration supervisor, a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). ) After requesting to review the issue of the emergency, he is responding to reporters’ interviews in Tokyo. yunhap news
In response to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) on the 7th, the Japanese government reissued a “declaration of emergency” in metropolitan areas such as Tokyo.
It has been only nine months since April of last year that the Japanese government issued an emergency situation based on the Act on Special Measures for Countermeasures such as New Influenza (hereinafter referred to as the Special Measures Act).
The targets of the issue are Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefectures, Chiba Prefectures, and Saitama Prefectures, among the 1st and 3rd prefectures in the metropolitan area.
The Kyodo News Agency reported that the time when the emergency declaration will take effect will be on the night of the 7th or 0:00 on the 8th, which are announced in the official gazette. The issuance period is 1 month.
If the advisory committee to be held this morning determines that the current situation of the spread of Corona 19 corresponds to an emergency requirement, the Japanese government will give a preliminary explanation to the Steering Committee of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors in the afternoon, and then discuss the emergency at the government countermeasures headquarters meeting held in the evening. It will be issued.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold a press conference at the Prime Minister’s residence after the meeting of the countermeasures headquarters, explaining the background of the emergency issue and matters requested by the public.
The government’s Corona 19 Countermeasures Subcommittee has already determined that the issue of an emergency situation is inevitable as the spread of Corona 19 in the metropolitan area is the most serious of the four stages.
According to Kyodo News, the Japanese government has also decided to revise the’basic response policy’ based on the declaration of emergency.
It is a policy to request that restaurants, etc., shorten the business hours to 8:00 pm and only serve alcohol until 7:00 pm.
Amid the spread of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan, on the 14th of last month, near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is crowded with pedestrians.
It was decided to ask residents to refrain from going out unnecessary after 8 pm, and to ask companies to promote telework and rotation work with the goal of “reducing the number of attendees by 70%”.
Unlike when an emergency was issued across the country or in some areas last year from April to May, it has decided not to request the closing of elementary, middle and high schools in Japan.
Japan’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) recorded 6,000 for the first time on the 6th.
According to the local public broadcaster NHK’s statistics, by 8:40 pm on the day, there were 6001 newly confirmed Corona 19 confirmed cases across Japan.
Following the 5th (4915), the number of confirmed cases was recorded for two consecutive days. As a result, the cumulative number of corona 19 confirmed cases in Japan increased to 26,150. The number of Corona 19 deaths increased by 65 on this day to 3834. The number of severely ill patients receiving treatment in intensive care units, etc., increased by 13 to 784, the largest number since the Corona 19 incident.
Reporter Bae Jae-seong [email protected]