ＧｏＴｏ、全国で停止　トラベル、２８日～１月１１日　東京・名古屋着、先に停止　首相表明 (via theculturetrip)

Prime Minister Suga, Go-To Travel program to be suspended at December 28th

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on the 14th that the tourism support measure "Go-To Travel" will be suspended nationwide from 28th to January 11th next year. We were considering suspension and self-restraint requests in Tokyo and Nagoya, but we positioned the year-end and New Year holidays as a period to intensively suppress the spread of infection, and expanded the target area at once.

On the evening of the 14th, the prime minister said at the government response headquarters for the new coronavirus that "the number of infected people nationwide has remained high and the area where the infection has spread is expanding." On top of that, he announced a uniform suspension nationwide, saying that he would "take maximum measures" while citing prevention of the spread of infection and reduction of the burden on medical institutions. From January 12th onward, he said, "We will make a new decision based on the infection status at that time."

During the year-end and New Year holidays, it is expected that people will move or concentrate at events such as homecoming and the first visit. Following the recommendations of the subcommittee, the government has urged industry groups and others to take decentralized holidays during the year-end and New Year holidays. However, as the end of the year was approaching as the spread of the infection did not subside, the company decided to suspend it nationwide.

According to the government's explanation, if the user requests a uniform suspension nationwide by the 24th of this month, no cancellation fee will be charged. If part of the itinerary includes a suspension period, the entire itinerary will not be covered.

The government has stopped traveling to both Sapporo and Osaka and has requested that travel from both cities refrain. Even in Tokyo, the elderly were requested to refrain from doing so. Since it was finally decided to suspend the operation nationwide, in the meantime, the cities of Tokyo and Nagoya have implemented the same suspension measures and self-restraint requests for all residents as in the cities of Sapporo and Osaka. Sapporo and Osaka will extend the measures so far.

Shigeru Omi, chairman of the government subcommittee, recognized at a press conference on the 11th that some areas of Hokkaido, Tokyo, and Osaka prefectures are in the second most serious "stage 3" of the four stages of infection. He showed and asked for a suspension of travel.

On the other hand, the Prime Minister was asked by reporters whether he was considering issuing a state of emergency again after the response headquarters but denied that he did not.

Source: https://digital.asahi.com/articles/DA3S14730975.html?pn=3