Due to Covid-19, Governor Tamaki urges people to reflect before coming to the prefecture , “at this critical moment just before lifting restrictions.” (17se21)
Governor Denny Tamaki held a press conference on 16 September. He called for thorough measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 during this weekend’s long holiday. The governor noted, “Whether or not we can suppress the virus spread at this point, we’re at the critical moment when Okinawa can look forward to the lifting of the long protracted State of Emergency. While looking forward to an increase in tourism, he still had to urge diligence to those entering the prefecture with neither need nor urgency. The effective reproduction rate, which indicates how many people one victim can spread the infection to, is down below the over 0.57 estimated by the Prefecture. Governor Tamaki stated “If it drops to the 0.5 level, by the end of September we can relax the State of Emergency to Spread Prevention.” He intends to “ask the National Government to move to Spread Prevention,” if the prefecture’s people thoroughly combat the virus spread during Silver Week and the trend is suppresse...