Prefectural governors on Friday urged the central government to be firmer in asking the public not to travel during the upcoming Golden Week holidays after it expanded a state of emergency to cover the entire country.
During an online meeting, members of the National Governors' Association said people should be requested to refrain from traveling during the holidays starting in late April to avoid spreading the coronavirus further.
"There is a high chance that a massive migration will occur during Golden Week," Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, head of the association, said a day after the state of emergency, which is due to be in effect through May 6, was extended to cover the entire country.