| Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyeong Woo |
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on the 10th whether to add three prefectures including Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, where the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is rapidly spreading, to the target of the emergency declaration, “If necessary, immediately We are preparing to respond,” he said.
Prime Minister Suga appeared on the public broadcaster NHK on this day and said that he would look at the infection situation over the last few days and judge the infection situation in consideration of the opinions of experts.
Earlier, on the 7th, the Japanese government declared an emergency in four areas in the metropolitan area (1 provinces and 3 prefectures), and the governors of the three prefectures in Kansai requested the government to add targets the previous day (9th).
Prime Minister Suga said, “I know it is an urgent situation,” about the current situation in the three regions, but explained that the government subcommittee, which is taking measures against Corona 19, “I think it was the direction I wanted to see and analyze the situation more.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Suga held a meeting of the Corona 19 Countermeasure Headquarters at the Prime Minister’s residence on the 7th and decided to issue an emergency situation in four metropolitan areas including Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa Prefecture.
The period is until the 7th of next month, and the governor in the target area is planning to request a reduction in business hours at restaurants. In addition, in order to minimize economic damage, it was decided to pay up to 60,000 yen per store per day.
For large-scale events, the number of participants is limited to 5,000 and 50% of the total capacity. Residents will be asked to refrain from unnecessary going out after 8 pm. This is the second time that the Japanese government issued an emergency situation after April last year.
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