Many staff infected, mayor reduced salary by 10% Cluster at dinner

Mayor Hirokazu Shirakawa of Iki City , Nagasaki Prefecture said on the 26th that when the infection of the new coronavirus spreads in the city , the mayor, deputy mayor, and education will take responsibility for the large number of infected people from the city staff. A draft ordinance was proposed to the city council to reduce the salary of the three chiefs (one-tenth) to three months, and was passed by a majority.

　According to the City Crisis Management Division, a total of 56 people have been positive since the 28th of last month when the first infected person came out this winter in the city until the 25th. Of these, 15 are city officials. On the 24th, there was a cluster in which 6 out of 22 city officials who had dinner were infected .

　Mayor Shirakawa wrote a document saying that the dinner on the 24th is "one of the major causes" of the spread of infection on the island, and "I sincerely apologize to all the citizens as the chief officer of the city hall." , Announced on the website on January 20, this year.

　In this document, the mayor also revealed that he himself attended a social gathering of 30 people including city executives and city council on the 18th of last month. "I deeply regret the lack of awareness of the crisis, and I apologize again," he apologized.

　According to the city council secretariat, the social gathering is customarily held by the city council, and 16 people from the city side, including the mayor, and 14 people participated in the inn in Ashibe-cho, the city. It is said that no infected person has come out of this association.

Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP1V6QKZP1VTOLB005.html