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Prime Minister Kan attends a press conference after deciding to expand the area covered by the emergency declaration. On the right is Shigeru Omi, chairman of the government’s infectious disease control subcommittee, at the prime minister’s residence on the 13th. .
On the 13th, Prime Minister Yoshii Suga opened the new government headquarters for coronavirus infection control at the official residence and declared an emergency based on the new crown special measures law in seven prefectures, Tochigi, Aichi, Gifu, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka. An additional repeat order was issued. The period is from February 14 to 7. The statement was reissued on the 7th of this month in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, but the spread of the infection did not stop and the target area expanded to 11 prefectures, mainly in metropolitan areas. (Kazuki Murakami)
The Prime Minister held a press conference after the venue and explained that the reason for adding the target area was “to prevent the spread of infection throughout the country.” “It is an indispensable measure to improve the difficult situation,” he asked people for their understanding.
With the 11 prefectures in the target area, a new liaison meeting with the government was established and a policy was announced to concretely consider measures based on the actual conditions of the area and measures of national support. In areas other than the target area, he said that if the local government takes action in accordance with the statement, such as a request to restaurants to shorten business hours, the same support will be provided as in the target area.
Regarding refraining from going out unnecessarily and urgently, he said: “I would like to ask you to refrain from going out not only after 8 pm but also during the day.” At the meeting on the 7th of this month, he repeatedly requested not to leave “after 8:00 pm” and corrected his comments.
◆ New entry of foreigners, suspension in principle
He also revealed that businessmen trafficking, which has been exceptionally recognized in 11 countries and regions such as China and South Korea in relation to border measures, will be suspended during the issuance of the emergency declaration. In principle, the new entry of foreigners will be suspended.
Regarding the addition of the target area, the Prime Minister said in a meeting on the 7th that Aichi and Osaka were “not in a rearrangement situation.” However, the number of newly infected people remained high and many prefectures petitioned the government to include them in the target area.
◆ Short-term cooperation fee increased to 60,000 yen
In 11 prefectures of the target area, restaurants with a high risk of contagion are asked to shorten working hours to 8:00 p.m., and if they do not respond, the governor can announce the name of the store based on the Law of Special measures. The upper limit of cooperation money that will be paid to stores in response to time-saving requests will be raised from the current 40,000 yen a day to 60,000 yen.
Encourage companies to reduce travel by 70% through telecommuting. For events such as sports and concerts, the maximum number of participants is 5,000 and the maximum capacity is 50%.
