COVID-19 prevention awareness among foreign residents reinforced in central Japan pref.
May 25, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
From left, Minokamo Mayor Seiichi Ito, Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta and Kani Mayor Shigeki Tomida are seen during a joint press conference on COVID-19 countermeasures for foreign residents, at the Gifu Prefectural Government headquarters on May 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Takuya Kurozume) GIFU The Gifu Prefectural Government and two cities in the prefecture with many foreign residents decided to have local authorities directly visit their hangouts to reinforce awareness on preventing coronavirus infections. The cities of Minokamo and Kani in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu, and the prefectural government held discussions on countermeasures against coronavirus infections on May 24. According to the prefecture, of the new COVID-19 cases reported during the week between May 17 and 23, 17 of 38 infections confirmed in Minokamo involved foreign residents, while th
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People have their temperatures checked as part of anti-virus measures before joining an event to view the Olympic torch relay in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 2. | KYODO
JIJI May 17, 2021
Okinawa Prefecture is preparing to ask the central government to put the southern prefecture under a COVID-19 state of emergency, it was learned Monday.
The Okinawa Prefectural Government is expected to decide formally to make the request at a meeting of its pandemic response headquarters on Tuesday, after holding discussions with local business groups and medical experts.
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Kyodo, Jiji Feb 27, 2021
NAGOYA/OSAKA – The sentiment among businesses, citizens and even governors was mixed in the six prefectures that are set to have their COVID-19 state of emergency lifted at the end of the month.
While some welcomed the move in the hopes it would help revive their economies, others expressed concerns that lifting the declaration too soon in Aichi, Gifu, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka could lead to a resurgence of infections in those areas.