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Governor Oikawa = prefectural office appealing that the spread of infection has been successfully eliminated
On the 20th, the Ibaraki prefecture drastically suppressed new infections in Tsuchiura City, Tsukuba Mirai City and Tone City, which had requested to refrain from going out and shorten the business hours of restaurants because the new virus infection crown was spreading rapidly. It has been announced that the application will be lifted from the 21st. Applications made to up to 13 cities and towns have been completely canceled. The end of the year and new year’s response will be decided based on next week’s situation. (Mikinari Miyao)
Since November 27, the prefecture has gradually spread the infection to a total of 13 cities and towns in the south, west, and deer areas of the prefecture, where the average number of new positives per 10,000 people exceeded 1.5 in the last week. Designated as “Municipal”. Residents have been asked to refrain from going out unnecessarily, and restaurants offering sake and entertainment have been asked to refrain from doing business from 10 pm to 5 am the next day. After December 14, the three cities and towns of Tsuchiura, Tsukuba Mirai and Tone were attacked.
Governor Kazuhiko Oikawa, who held a press conference at the prefectural office that day, managed to suppress the spread of the infection when a group (group of infected people) occurred in restaurants and medical and wellness facilities, and in a week until 20, “infection” He explained that there are no more municipalities that fall into the category of “expanded municipalities”.
The governor said the number of new positives per 10,000 people in the prefecture dropped to 0.5 on the 19th, which was lower than that of neighboring Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi and Fukushima prefectures. It’s an extremely rare success story in the expanding trend of “.
He added: “At the national level, the increase in the number of infected people will not stop, especially in Tokyo and Osaka. It is important to remain vigilant.”
On the other hand, the governor said: “I deeply regret the problem that the prefecture announced that the occupation of the medical worker who was infected by participating in the dinner where the cluster occurred at the end of November was” autonomous “based on his intention. . There is something to do. I’d like to immediately consider what kind of response is appropriate. “
Currently, the prefecture is publishing information other than age, gender and city of residence with the consent of the person. The governor will announce the occupation of medical workers without the consent of the person to “avoid changing the category (of occupation) depending on negotiations” ▽ If the person refuses, the occupation will not be announced. He noted that it is possible.
Prior to the press conference, the Governor attended the National Governors Association’s “New Corona Virus Emergency Response Headquarters” online meeting.
Regarding the nationwide suspension of the “Go To Travel” business over the end of the year and New Years holidays, he said, “if the inspection system were expanded, it might have been possible to have an option for those who tested negative. to use it”. However, the Governors Association urged the government to request expansion of inspections and flexible operation of the business.
