Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced this evening that Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures will be subject to “priority measures to prevent the spread” equivalent to a quasi-emergency declaration for a period of one month from the 5th of this month, the first Time since Japan revised the new coronary special measures law in February. In addition, Osaka Governor Yoshimura also advocated the cancellation of the Olympic flame relay in Osaka on the 13th of this month.
Japan revised the new Coronary Special Measures Law in February this year, adding a new phase of “priority measures to prevent the spread of the disease” before the “declaration of emergency”, authorizing local governments to take mandatory measures against operators before the serious expansion of the Epidemic, and local governments can force specific operators to cooperate in shortening The local government can force specific operators to cooperate in shortening business hours, provide subsidies to those who cooperate, and impose fines of up to 200,000 won on violators. The governors of the three prefectures to which the measure applies will, in principle, require restaurant operators in their territories to close by 8 p.m.
After the emergency declaration was lifted in Osaka at the end of February, the epidemic has resurfaced, with the number of new infections surpassing that of Tokyo for three consecutive days from Tuesday to today, and the number of new cases confirmed today is 616, a new record for a single day since January 16 of this year. The virus has been spreading in Osaka and Hyogo areas. The prefectural government has issued its own emergency declaration, but the effect has been limited, and the number of new cases yesterday reached a record high of 200.
This evening, Kan presided over a meeting of the government’s Countermeasures Headquarters and announced that Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures will apply “priority measures to prevent the spread” from the 5th of this month to the 5th of next month, which will include a series of Japanese Golden Week holidays.
In addition, the Olympic flame is scheduled to be passed to Osaka on the 13th and 14th, Governor Yoshimura said today that he hopes to cancel the flame relay in Osaka, and Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui also expressed his support, but the final decision will depend on the East Olympic Organizing Committee.
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