菅首相 7日の緊急事態宣言に向け 詰めの調整急ぐよう指示

Prime Minister Suga instructed to hurry to make adjustments for the state of emergency

As a measure against the new coronavirus, the government will issue a state of emergency for one metropolitan area and three prefectures on the 7th. Prime Minister Suga instructed Minister Nishimura and Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare Tamura to hurry to coordinate the measures to be taken under the Declaration.

Regarding the state of emergency for one metropolitan area and three prefectures, the government asked the "advisory committee" made up of infectious disease experts on the 7th to report to the Diet on the details of specific measures. After that, we will open the countermeasures headquarters and decide the declaration.

Prior to this, Prime Minister Suga met with Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura for about an hour at the Prime Minister's Office on the morning of the 6th.

Then, I received a report on the status of consideration of measures to be taken under the state of emergency. After this, Minister Nishimura said, "Prime Minister Suga has instructed us to firmly hurry up."

In line with this state of emergency, the government plans to take limited measures such as reducing the risk of infection at restaurants and can announce the names of restaurants that do not respond to the governor's request to shorten business hours. While amending the Cabinet Order, we are making adjustments in the direction of expanding cooperation funds to businesses that respond to requests. We are also considering promoting telework and tightening restrictions on holding events.

At a press conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "In order to reduce the chances of infection as soon as possible, we will firmly concentrate on the necessary measures to effectively reduce the risk of eating and drinking. I want to do it in a targeted manner. "

On top of that, regarding the cooperation fee to the business operator in response to the request to shorten the business hours, "Tokyo is a business unit, but other prefectures are a storage unit. Target areas so that many stores can cooperate. We will continue to improve our stores. "

On the other hand, regarding the consideration of amending the Cabinet Order so that the names of restaurants that do not respond to requests can be announced, "Publication is the last resort, and it is important to make efforts to prevent it. ".

Regarding the period of the declaration, he said, "At the time of the declaration last spring, we are studying diligently, referring to the fact that we took a period of about one month."

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210106/k10012799151000.html