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The spread of the new corona virus did not stop in the “three weeks of the game.” The government has announced that it will suspend the “GoTo Travel” tourism support project at the national level, and has indicated that it intends to extend the request for reducing business hours in restaurants, but the effect cannot be expected. Stricter measures are also requested. (Yasushi Inoue, Daiki Fujikawa)
◆ “Not reaching a decreasing trend”
“Unfortunately, (the number of infected people) has not decreased overall.” In the final examination of the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives on the 16th, the opposition party asked Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister of Economic Revitalization, to evaluate the “three weeks of the game”.
It was on the 25th of last month that Mr. Nishimura called for complete infection prevention, saying “three weeks is a game.” According to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, some 48,000 people were infected and 687 died in the three weeks leading up to the 15th day. As of the same day, the number of seriously ill people increased to 618.
Professor Kazuo Takahashi, from the International University of Health and Wellbeing, said: “Even if you start to refrain from doing it, it will take at least 10-14 days. There seems to be no clear effect.” “From my experience so far, I think we could have taken stronger action in late October, when we could foresee an increase in the number of infected people.” After that, he asked people to wear masks thoroughly.
◆ “The opposite of asking for action”
At least 14 prefectures, including Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi, are asking restaurants to shorten their business hours. We also ask that you refrain from going out unnecessarily, but the number of people in each zone does not decrease. When comparing the number of people on November 25 and December 15 with data from NTT Docomo, the areas around Tokyo / Shinjuku Station, Osaka / Umeda Station, and Nagoya Station were almost flat.
“The government measures and the call were the exact opposite, and the message was not transmitted to the public.” In the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives on the 16th, the opposition parties raised these points one after another.
Regarding “travel”, a government subcommittee called for a temporary suspension in an area that is considered equivalent to “stage 3 (rapid increase in infection)”, but Prime Minister Yoshii Kan initially stopped saying “there is no evidence “leading to the spread of infection. I do not agree with. There is no denying that it may have led to the false message that “it’s okay to travel or move.”
◆ Focus on movement and dining restrictions
In addition to the national suspension of “Travel”, new measures are requested. The themes are “dinner” and “movement”.
A member of the government’s new coronavirus infection control subcommittee said: “We need to take a little more in-depth action, including refraining from operating restaurants, for foods with the highest risk of infection.” Refraining from “moving” through the prefectures is said to be an issue as well.
Toshio Nakagawa, president of the Japan Medical Association, said on the 16th: “There is no end-of-year or New Year holidays in Corona. If many people get excited about the end of the year holiday, this will cause further spread of infection. Use the silent night for Christmas. ”
