Suga Yoshihide’s government suspends travel subsidy program

Original title: Suga Yoshihide’s government is undergoing urgent tests for the epidemic in many places in Japan, and the travel subsidy program is suspended.

In response to repeated outbreaks of the new corona pneumonia, the Japanese government has decided to suspendSupport fordraft.

The Japanese government has recently decided to suspend the “Go to Travel” travel subsidy program previously launched during the New Years Day holidays from December 28 to January 11, 2021, in case the New Years travel plan Resurface the epidemic again. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s response to the new corona epidemic this weekmeetingThe above said that after January 11, 2021, the way to “Go Travel” will be discussed further.

In fact, before the Yoshihide Suga government made this decision, the local governments of Hokkaido, Tokyo, etc., where the epidemic was severely affected, successively suspended previous plans, ensuring that the fight against the epidemic is the maximum. priority for the local area. Today, this local restrictive measure has been extended to the entire territory of Japan.

Since November, Japan has been tested by the “third wave” of the epidemic. After entering December, the average daily number of infected people across Japan has reached about 2,000. Many Japanese medical experts and opponents criticized that the “Go To Travel” of the “Go To Campaign” project was the “behind the scenes” that led to the worsening of the epidemic in Japan.

　　Emergency in many places

Yoshihide Suga told the epidemic response meeting: “The reason for suspending this project is to allow everyone to greet the New Year smoothly.” At the same time, to curb the spread of the epidemic, the Japanese government will also expand the requirements to shorten restaurant business hours. Regarding the above decision, Shigeru Ominami, chairman of the New Coronavirus Response Team of the Japanese government, gave his statement at the residence of the Prime Minister. He said: “This is a step-by-step countermeasure and a manifestation of determination.”

The day before the Japanese government made the above decision, the number of seriously ill patients diagnosed with the new crown in Japan increased to 583 in a single day, and many hospitals were in emergency, and there were many incidents of cluster infections a large scale in medical institutions. At present, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, Aichi, Fukuoka, Chiba, Hokkaido, Kyoto, Kobe, and Ishikawa are particularly serious. Japan’s three major metropolitan areas have “lost” to varying degrees, especially the Tokyo metropolitan area. Among them, Hokkaido and Osaka took the lead in suspending the “Go to Travel” project due to this decision, followed by Tokyo and Nagoya, where the epidemic is worsening.

Since the beginning of this week, the number of confirmed diagnoses in a single day in Tokyo has skyrocketed to 503 since the 14th epidemic. This is the first time that the number of confirmed diagnoses in a single day in Tokyo has exceeded 500. The On the 15th, this number dropped back to 460. After the previous plan was exposed by the media, the Nagoya local government decided to suspend the travel subsidy program from December 16 to 27. The Nagoya government stated that it will follow the decision of the central government after the 27th and will continue to suspend the plan until mid-January next year. Currently, Nagoya has requested izakaya, etc.ServiceThe place shortens the business hours until 9 at night. At the same time, Osaka prefecture also called on caterers in the area to shorten their business hours and reduce the number of people dining out to avoid a major outbreak of mass infection.

In addition, the Saitama prefectural government, which is located next to Tokyo, issued an urgent appeal on the 15th to ask people in the prefecture not to enter or leave Tokyo except in cases of emergency. But since there is a lot of local people in TokyojobsTherefore, according to Japanese media reports, this request from the Saitama prefectural government caused manycompanyVery confused.

On the 15th, the number of recently confirmed cases in Japan in a single day still exceeded 2,000, at 2,431. The cumulative number of infected people in Japan has exceeded 180,000. On the 15th, the number of deaths due to new corona pneumonia in Japan reached the highest value since the outbreak of 53 people, and the cumulative number of deaths in Japan was 2,702. There are currently about 600 critically ill patients throughout Japan.

　　Recovery prospects add more variables

Due to temporary control of the epidemic, Japan completely removed restrictions on inter-county movement between prefectures and prefectures on June 19.

In order to revitalize the tourism industry that has been hit by the epidemic, in July, the Japanese government launched a “Go to Campaign” subsidy program, which includes “Go travel”, “Go eat”, ” Go to event “, etc.Total budgetUp to around 1.7 trillion yen, which is used to subsidize domestic travel and is applied to local restaurants and souvenir shopscoupon。

Among them, the “Go To Travel” project received the most attention. Participating in this project means that tourists traveling within Japan can receive a subsidy of up to 50% of travel expenses.

This plan is also one of the measures taken by the new Yoshihide Suga government to stimulate economic recovery. Originally, the Japanese government expected this plan to stimulatedemandTo help the tourism industry, especially each other.SMEsBeat the storm. Today, the suspension of this plan has made the prospects for the recovery of the Japanese tourism industry more variable.

On December 8, the Japanese government approved an economic stimulus plan worth 73.6 trillion yen, including 40 trillion yen.financialMeasures: The program includes distribution to low-income single-parent familiescashAnd measures to promote the country’s growth potential, such as measures to promote digitization and encourage emission reductions.

This round of stimulus plan is the third round of stimulus plan by the Japanese government to combat the epidemic. Earlier this year, the Japanese government launched the first two rounds with a total price tag of 2.2 trillionAmerican dollarChina’s economic stimulus plan aims to ease the epidemic’s direct pressure on families and businesses. And three consecutive inexpensive blood transfusions in a year are rare in Japan’s previous government.

At present, the epidemic situation that has not improved has also dragged the Yoshihide polls down. According to the latest opinion poll by Japanese media on December 12, Yoshihide Suga’s approval rate has dropped dramatically to 40%, a decrease of 17 percentage points from last month.

(Source: China Business News)

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