Going back to the basics once again

In order to support health care workers who are fighting to save lives and to prevent further spread of the infection, we must go back to the basics once again and drastically reduce person-to-person contact. Under this summer’s state of emergency, in coordination with the Japan Association of Governors and the three surrounding prefectures, we are strongly calling for people to refrain from nonessential outings or traveling across the metropolitan and prefectural borders. Recently, through meetings with business organizations, we again asked for further promotion of remote work, and also made a request to the national government to broadly approach businesses to reduce the movement of people. At the same time, for facilities attracting customers, through their respective business organizations, we are requesting that they strengthen infection prevention measures that consider the risks posed by the Delta variant, such as implementing more thorough entrance procedures and maintaining social distance in the facilities. Regarding payments to restaurants and other establishments for their cooperation with requests for business closure or shortened business hours, we are expediting payments through not only measures such as improving the evaluation system and increasing personnel, but also paying a fixed amount in advance.