With over 340 cases of novel coronavirus in six Kansai area prefectures as of Friday, local leaders want all residents who have just returned from overseas to self-quarantine.
But despite Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and the governors of surrounding Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Yamanashi prefectures calling on people to avoid going into the capital this weekend, they added there was no need at the moment to consider similar calls for people stay out of Osaka.
“The situation in Kansai is not one where we have to immediately flip the switch for a lockdown of the cities, but we’ll continue to monitor things,” said Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido following a meeting of the Union of Kansai Governments Thursday evening.