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Shigeru Omi, chairman of the government’s Infectious Disease Control Subcommittee, responds to the House Labor and Welfare Committee
Shigeru Omi, chairman of the New Corona Virus Infectious Disease Control Subcommittee, said at the House Labor and Welfare Committee closing review on the 9th that “Go To Travel” should be suspended in areas equivalent to the Stage 3, like Tokyo. showed that.
Mr. Omi noted, “The subcommittee thinks that the area equivalent to stage 3 is the time to refrain from movement and contact of people including Go To to overcome this contagious situation.” Furthermore, when asked “Should stage 3, including Tokyo, be discontinued?”, He replied, “The subcommittee believes so.” Reply to Mr. Kazunori Yamai from the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Currently, Go To, arriving and departing from Tokyo, is asking the elderly and people with illnesses to refrain from using it. Haruo Ozaki, president of the Tokyo Medical Association, expressed a sense of crisis about the collapse of medical care at this point, saying, “I think it is effective to stop the movement of people once in all age groups.” Mr. Yamai asked for your opinion on this point.
On the other hand, Mr. Omi said: “Although a very important moment is approaching in some regions, the country has not reached the stage of issuing an emergency declaration.”
With the city of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where the medical system is tight, it is analyzed that “the medical burden is extremely onerous for individual regions.” “It’s a bit different than the state’s declaration of emergency and the fact that every region is in an emergency situation,” he said. Reply to Mr. Katsuhito Nakajima from the Constitutional Democratic Party.
