政府内で緊急事態宣言延長の声も コロナ感染状況 大幅改善せず

State of emergency, the situation did not improve significantly

While the infection situation of the new coronavirus has not improved significantly in Tokyo and other areas, the government has said that if this situation continues, the state of emergency, which is due on the 7th of next month, will have to be extended. The government plans to consider whether to extend the infection while paying close attention to the infection situation nationwide.

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo per day has been gradually decreasing since the state of emergency was declared on the 7th of this month, but it has not improved significantly and the proportion of elderly people is high. It has been pointed out that there is a tendency to become.

In addition to the ongoing tightness of the health care delivery system, the government is calling for continued thorough measures, saying that if the number of infections in the elderly continues to increase, the number of severely ill people may increase in the future.

Regarding the handling of the state of emergency, which is due on the 7th of next month, the Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura told the House of Representatives Budget Committee yesterday that "It may be confusing and unable to respond immediately before, so we will make a final decision at the appropriate time. I want to do it. "

There are voices within the government saying, "If we do not see any significant improvement, we will have to extend the declaration," and we will continue to consider whether to extend it while paying close attention to the infection situation and medical care provision system nationwide. It is a policy.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210127/k10012834551000.html