Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday evening revealed little new information about how his administration will fight to reduce the number of coronavirus patients, instead allotting most of the time during a 50-minute news conference for economic recovery measures and policy interests unrelated to public health.
During the news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office, Suga refrained from calling for tougher measures that would restrict the movement of people, but largely reiterated his administration’s efforts such as partially rolling back the Go To Travel and the Go To Eat stimulus programs and urging the public to maintain personal hygiene.
As anticipated, he made clear that those programs he helped engineer would not be rolled back completely as he said they are essential to sustaining the economy in regional areas.