The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare officially announced on the 5th that it will extend the scope of leave support funds, which had been limited to workers of small and medium-sized enterprises, to non-regular employees of large enterprises .
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that non-regular workers of large companies who could not receive the leave support fund would be "subject to the leave support fund and have the Ministry of Health , Labor and Welfare consider it.
In the next House of Representatives election the Liberal Democratic Party , Aichi Prefecture of the original House of Councilors lawmaker that is communicated to fielded in Aichi 2nd district Mr. Michiyo Yakushiji (56) has solidified the intention of candidacy canceled. Mr. Yakushiji is also a doctor and is said to concentrate on medical practice.
An amendment to the Special Measures Law and the Infectious Diseases Law, which will impose penalties in response to the spread of the new coronavirus, will be passed at the Upper House plenary session on the afternoon of the 3rd.