Japan re-issues’emergency declaration’ in 9 months
Reporter Yoon Yeo-jin [email protected]
Input: 2021-01-07 05:54:47Revision: 2021-01-07 07:00:53Published: 2021-01-07 07:01:35
In response to the spread of Corona 19 on the 7th, the Japanese government re-issued an “emergency declaration” in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a New Year’s press conference on the 4th. AFP Yonhap News
In response to the spread of Corona 19 on the 7th, the Japanese government re-issued an “emergency declaration” in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas. It has been 9 months since April of last year.
According to Kyodo News Agency on this day, the targets for issuance are the 1st and 3rd prefectures in the metropolitan area such as Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama. Seems to be. The issuance period is 1 month.
Kyodo News Agency announced that 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. 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 it was first announced last year, when it was requested to close or shorten business hours for a wide range of industries, this time it is focusing on preventing the spread of infection through restaurants. It is intended to minimize the negative impact on the economy.
It has also decided not to require school closures for elementary, middle and high schools.
Some are also raising the possibility that the declaration of emergency will be expanded outside the metropolitan area. Toshio Nakagawa, chairman of the Japanese Medical Association, said at a press conference the day before, “In the future, depending on the spread of (Corona 19), we have to think about the nationwide (emergency) announcement.” Governor Hideaki Omura of Aichi also said at a press conference on the same day that if the spread of infection in the prefecture continues, “we have no choice but to ask the government to add it to the target of an emergency declaration.”
The spread of Corona 19 in Japan is at a serious level. As of 8:40 pm on the 6th, the number of new confirmed cases per day was 6001, breaking the record for the most confirmed cases for two consecutive days following the previous day (4915). The cumulative confirmed number increased to 260,150, and the number of deaths reached 3834.
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