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Governor Oikawa calls on residents of eight cities and towns to refrain from going out unnecessarily
In response to the rapid spread of the new corona virus infection, Ibaraki prefecture designated eight cities and towns such as Tsuchiura city and Tsukuba city in the south and west of the prefecture as “the infection spread cities, towns and villages “on the 27th, and it became the New Crown Special Measures Act. Based on this, we asked residents to refrain from going out unnecessarily. At the same time, we also request restaurants such as taverns and snacks in this area to shorten their business hours. Governor Kazuhiko Oikawa revealed at an extraordinary press conference at the prefectural office.
The cities, towns and villages where the infection is spread are Tsuchiura City, Tote City, Ushiku City, Tsukuba City, Kasumi Gaura City, Tsukuba Mirai City, Sakai City, and city of Ami. The deadline for requesting residents to refrain from leaving was set at 16 days from December 28 to 13.
Applications for commercial lard are sandwiches, bars, taverns, karaoke and other restaurants offering alcoholic beverages and restaurants accompanying the entertainment. We request that we not open from 10 pm to 5 am the next day for 14 days from November 30 to December 13. If requested, a maximum of 280,000 yen will be paid per store. The goal is expected to be 1,500 stores.
According to national indicators, the number of new positives per 10,000 people is the most serious “Stage 4” with 2.5 or more, and “Stage 3″ with 1.5 or more, but Tsuchiura, Tsukuba Mirai, Was the ” Stage 4 “in the three border cities and towns, and” Stage 3 “in the other five cities and towns.
According to the prefecture, the number of positive people per 10,000 people in the prefecture is 1.04. The spread of the infection is severe, surpassing that of Chiba prefecture (0.85 people) in the last week. As the bed occupancy rate increases, the number of beds in the prefecture will increase from 316 to 416 in mid-December.
The prefecture said that unnecessary and less urgent movements and stays in Sapporo and Osaka were also excluded from the government’s “GoTo Travel” tourism promotion policy, and called on the citizens of the prefecture to refrain from doing so.
Governor Oikawa called for cooperation, saying: “The infection situation in this prefecture is becoming more serious, and if nothing is done, the health care delivery system may become critical. Everyone needs to change their behavior.”
It is the first time since I requested to refrain from leaving the south of the prefecture from April 2 to June 7. (Keiji Dekita)
