Corona 19 emergencies issued by Japan in the metropolitan area, lifted in 73 days
The Corona 19 emergency, which was issued in the Japanese metropolitan area, was lifted from 0 o’clock on the 22nd.
As a result, all of the Japanese emergencies, which had been maintained for 73 days after being issued on January 8 this year, have been resolved.
The places where the emergency has been lifted are four metropolitan local governments, including Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba prefectures.
Accordingly, the opening hours of restaurants in the metropolitan area will be delayed from 8 pm to 9 pm, and the number of large-scale events such as sports events will be relaxed.
In the metropolitan area, up to now, 50% of the event space or 5,000 people, whichever is less, was the upper limit, but if it is within 50% of the capacity, up to 10,000 people can enter.
Tokyo Olympic torch relay ceremony starting in Fukushima on the 25th?
It is interpreted that Japan’s forced to lift the emergency situation while the number of confirmed corona19 patients a day records 1,000 people a day, is a decision conscious of the torch relay at the Tokyo Olympics, which begins on the 25th.
The reason that the Japanese government held a five-party meeting with the Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the 20th and decided not to receive foreign spectators during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is interpreted as an intent to alleviate domestic and foreign anxiety over the hosting of the Olympics.
The Japanese government and the organizing committee are planning to accelerate preparations for the Olympics with the torch relay that begins at J Village in Fukushima Prefecture on the 25th.
Earlier, the Japanese government issued an emergency with the aim of refraining from going out in the metropolitan area and shortening restaurant business hours from January 8, when the number of corona19 confirmed cases reached up to 7,000 per day.
51% of Japanese citizens “Premature time to clear the corona emergency”… 69% “Olympic should be postponed or canceled”
However, there are concerns that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in Japan is increasing somewhat recently, so it will spread again after the emergency is lifted.
According to NHK statistics, the number of newly confirmed corona 19 confirmed yesterday across Japan was 1,119, reaching 1,000 for six consecutive days.
In fact, more than half of the Japanese people were surveyed to think that the release of the emergency was too early.
Asahi Shimbun conducted a wired/wireless telephone poll of voters over the age of 18 (1,564 respondents) across the country on the 20th and 21st. , 11% said it was “too late”.
51% of respondents said they evaluated the government’s response to Corona 19 negatively, still exceeding the positive evaluation (35%).
For the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games scheduled to be held in July this year, 69% of respondents said they had to postpone or cancel.