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The pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, Japan, is on the rise. More than 7,000 new cases were confirmed in a single day on the 7th. Due to the serious epidemic situation in 1 capital and 3 counties in the metropolitan area, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued an “emergency declaration” to 1 metropolis and 3 counties in the metropolitan area, calling the industry The public cooperated with the prevention of epidemics.
Yoshihide Suga announced at the Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters meeting on the afternoon of the 7th that the “Declaration of Emergency Situations” will be issued in the metropolitan area where the epidemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia) is severe. It is expected to go into effect at 0:00 a.m. on January 8. One month until February 7.
To prevent the epidemic, the Japanese government issued an emergency declaration for the first time on April 7, 2020 and was fully lifted on May 25, 2020. Today is the second statement.
Yoshihide Suga held a press conference at 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Taiwan time) and said that he had just called a meeting of the epidemic prevention countermeasures headquarters and decided to issue an emergency declaration. The goal of the declaration is 1 metropolis and 3 prefectures in the metropolitan area (Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama), and is expected to last one month.
Specific measures included in the statement include shortening the business hours of restaurants to 8:00 p.m., reducing the number of people who attend work by 70% and setting limits on the number of people who try not to go out, watch sporting events or listen concerts after 20.00.
Regarding the 70% reduction in the number of people who attend work, Yoshihide Suga said that if he goes to work, he will have more opportunities to eat or talk with his colleagues, and he hopes to minimize those opportunities. Since last year, new modes of work such as remote work have been gradually promoted, and he hopes that the remote working mode can be promoted, which can function independently of large or local cities.
Regarding measures to shorten restaurant business hours, Yoshihide Suga called on restaurants to fully implement the reduction of business hours to 8pm. The last alcohol offer is at 7pm. Japan has modified its decree on the 7th. For restaurants that do not cooperate with this appeal, the governors (chiefs) of each region have the right to announce the names of the restaurants.
Yoshihide Suga said that many companies have previously cooperated with epidemic prevention and shortened their working hours. This situation has been going on for more than a month, and some companies have become more severe in their operating conditions. Therefore, the government has decided to increase subsidies for epidemic prevention. Businesses in the 3 counties whose business hours are shortened to 8 pm will receive an average of up to 1.8 million yen (approximately NT $ 490,000) per month to cooperate with epidemic prevention grants.
Regarding the suspension of educational units, Yoshihide Suga said that considering that the epidemic has rarely spread from schools to regions so far, he hopes to protect the future pillars of school opportunities in the country. Therefore, this emergency declaration does not call elementary, middle, middle, and high schools. Universities, kindergartens and kindergartens are closed or closed.
As for university lectures, he hopes that face-to-face lectures and online lectures can be effectively adopted.
Regarding the unemployment problem caused by the epidemic, Yoshihide Suga said that when the epidemic spread from last year, the unemployment rate in Japan was 2.9%, the lowest among major countries. Securing employment opportunities is the responsibility and obligation of the government. In the future, we will continue to take steps to secure employment opportunities and allow businesses to continue operating.
He said that, including the job opportunities of part-time or non-full-time workers, if the industry temporarily suspends the business, in order to preserve the employment opportunities of employees, they can apply to the government for employment adjustment subsidies, and each person can receive up to 15,000 yen per day.
The Japanese government has provided emergency microfinance of up to 1.4 million yen to companies in financial distress, and the government has also implemented interest-free and unsecured financing of up to 40 million yen, in the hope that companies can make further use of it.
He said areas that had previously implemented the shortening of business hours have received anti-epidemic results. At present, the epidemic is mainly severe in 1 capital and 3 counties of the metropolitan area. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the number of confirmed cases is extremely high. For example, on the 7th, more than 2,400 cases were confirmed in Tokyo and the epidemic is serious.
(Author: Yang Pearl; first map Source: pixabay)
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