茨城県知事による感染拡大市町村の追加等についての市長コメント（2021年5月3日）

本日（5月3日）、大井川知事が記者会見を行い、つくば市を含む県内5市町を「感染拡大市町村」に追加することを発表しました。期間は5月6日から5月19日までです。対象の市町村においては、不要不急の外出自粛と、全ての飲食店を対象に午後8時から午前5時までの営業自粛が要請されました。（酒類の提供は午後7時まで）。営業自粛要請に要請期間全てご協力頂いた場合、茨城県が事業規模に応じて協力金を支給する予定です。

県内では本日46名の感染者が判明し、つくば市では5名の感染が県から発表されました（うち濃厚接触者1名）。市民や事業者の皆様におかれましては、大変ご負担をお掛けしますが、これ以上の感染拡大を防ぐために、外出自粛や営業時間短縮へのご協力をお願いするとともに、改めて感染防止の徹底にご協力をお願いいたします。

つくば市長
五十嵐 立青

Mayor’s Comment Following the Announcement by Ibaraki Governor on Additional Areas in the Prefecture Where Infection is Spreading (May 3, 2021)

Provisional Translation

At a press conference today (May 3), Ibaraki Governor Oigawa announced that he has further designated 5 municipalities in the Prefecture including Tsukuba City as “Areas Where Infection is Spreading”. This designation will take effect from May 6 to May 19.  He urged residents of the designated municipalities to avoid non-essential travel, and also exhorted all restaurants and bars to close from 8pm to 5am (and to stop serving alcohol at 7pm). Ibaraki Prefecture will provide subsidies to the restaurants and bars cooperating with this request for the entire period, according to the size of their businesses.

Today, 46 people were found positive in Ibaraki Prefecture, and in Tsukuba City, there were 5 positive cases (of these, one person was confirmed positive following close contact with infected persons). We sincerely apologize for the great inconvenience this may cause for our residents and business owners. However, please cooperate with the request to avoid non-essential travel and to shorten business hours, and continue to thoroughly observe preventative measures to stop the spread of infection.

Tatsuo Igarashi
Mayor of Tsukuba