Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks at a news conference on May 19. (Yuki Kubota)
OSAKA Osaka Prefecture decided to ask the central government to re-extend the COVID-19 state of emergency for the prefecture because of the continued strain on the health care system.
The official decision was made at the prefectural government’s task force meeting on May 25.
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura has been cautious about the lifting of the emergency declaration for his prefecture scheduled on May 31. The state of emergency for the prefecture was already extended on May 12.
“We managed to curb the growth in infections, and (new cases) are now on the decline,” Yoshimura said at the meeting. “But the health care system is still under severe strain.”
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Officials of the Osaka prefectural and Osaka city governments gather before going on patrol around restaurants and bars on April 5. (Jin Nishioka)
OSAKA Government officials started night patrols here to ensure bars and restaurants were engaged in “mask dining,” an anti-virus protocol that has caused confusion over enforcement and the consequences for failing to follow the rules.
The Osaka prefectural government has made mask dining mandatory for restaurants and bars under the central government’s pre-emergency measures issued for Osaka city to halt the resurgent spread of the novel coronavirus.
The prefectural government requires diners to unstrap one side of a mask or pull down the mask to around their chin while eating and drinking. They are required to pull up the mask when talking among each other.
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Osaka – The Olympic torch relay scheduled for the city of Osaka has been canceled due to a massive spike in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters Thursday evening.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said earlier in the day that the section of the torch relay to be held in the city of Osaka later this month should be suspended because of the sharp rebound in coronavirus infections.
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Mayor, governor want to cancel Osaka legs of Olympic relay
TOKYO (AP) The Tokyo Olympic torch relay ran into big trouble on Thursday when the governor of Osaka prefecture and the mayor of the city of Osaka asked that relay legs going through the city be canceled with the games opening in less than four months.
The prefecture and two others were selected on Thursday to come under strict new measures to counter rising cases of COVID-19. The new rules go into force on Monday and last until May 5.
“When I watch the torch relay elsewhere in Japan, people tend to gather and those places get crowded,” Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui said Thursday. “It’s very unfortunate but I think we should call it off.”
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