January 2nd, local time, the governors of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures in Tokyo and the capital circle of Japan met with Yasuhiro Nishimura, the government’s Minister of Economic Regeneration for the prevention and Control of the novel coronavirus epidemic, and requested that an emergency declaration be issued in accordance with the Law on Special Measures for COVID-19.
On December 31 last year, as many as 1,337 new coronavirus infections were reported in Tokyo. Although Tokyo asked restaurants to shorten business hours and appealed to people to control going out, the effect was not obvious, and the medical system was in a state of urgency.
This time, the governors of the first capital and three counties jointly requested the central government to issue an emergency declaration in accordance with the Special Measures Law to take stronger prevention and control measures and control the flow of people.
The Japanese government will consider the impact on the economy and study whether to issue a declaration of emergency.
Yuriko Koike, governor of Tokyo, said at a press conference on December 30 that if the spread of the epidemic cannot be controlled at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, there will be a very serious situation, and there will be a need to demand an emergency declaration.
When the epidemic spread on April 7 last year, the Japanese government issued an emergency declaration targeting seven prefectures, including Tokyo, which was later extended to the whole country and completely lifted on May 25.
