Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held a press conference on the afternoon of the 7th and explained the decision to issue an emergency situation in four metropolitan areas including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama. NHK capture
An emergency was declared in the Japanese metropolitan area, where Corona 19 is exploding, for a month from the 8th to the 7th of next month. The Japanese government held a meeting of the Corona Countermeasure Headquarters presided over by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the afternoon of the 7th and decided to issue an emergency situation in four areas in the metropolitan area, including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama. This is the second emergency declaration following from April to May. Prime Minister Suga held a press conference that day and said, “This time we plan to thoroughly take measures against those that are effective.” said. Prime Minister Suga added, “We will try to prevent the spread of infection in any way.” With the issue of this emergency, restaurants in four areas in the metropolitan area should shorten their business hours to 8 p.m. (7 p.m. for liquor provision). If the business hours are not shortened, the store’s name will be announced, and in accordance with the government policy, it will receive up to 60,000 yen (about 630,000 won) of cooperation funds per day. The government decided to take restrictive measures, such as restaurants, rather than a wide range of industries, to minimize the impact on the economy. Residents of the area also decided to request that they refrain from going out after 8 PM. For large-scale events such as sports events, it was decided to limit the number of attendees to 50% of the capacity or less than 5,000, assuming that infection prevention measures are thoroughly prepared. In addition, the company plans to encourage companies to reduce the number of employees going to work by about 70% by expanding telecommuting. However, in order to prevent infringement of the right to study, schools and childcare facilities are not closed or closed in principle. In Tokyo, there were 2,447 new confirmed cases, approaching 2,500. It is a surge of nearly 1,000 people from the previous day (1591), which showed the highest number. This is an unusual situation, with the number of confirmed cases exceeding 6,000 (as of 6 days) for the first time in the metropolitan area as well as across Japan. Some point out that the issue of this emergency is limited to the metropolitan area and is centered on self-sufficiency, which raises doubts about whether the corona can be calmed down. If there is no brake to spread the infection, the deadline or target area is expected to be expanded. By Kim So-yeon, staff reporter [email protected]