Joe Tomei here with more a follow up from yesterday’s shared email from JET Program Prefectural Advisors Lily McDermott & Chase Sutherland. As always, thanks to them for letting me share these with Kumamoto-i.
===== Hi Kumamoto,
As we mentioned yesterday, Kumamoto Prefecture announced yesterday that it has raised the Risk Level to Level 4.
The prefecture is acknowledging that this represents the start of a “fourth wave” of COVID-19 in Kumamoto, and has outlined what requests to the public that this Level increase entails. One important change is that the Prefecture is requesting residents specifically avoid travel to Fukuoka Prefecture, regardless of whether it has a State of Emergency/Stronger Measures, or an infection rate of over 15 per 100,000.
Here are all of the updated measures [on attached image] translated into English.
The original information about the Risk Level in Japanese is on the Prefectural website here: https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/soshiki/30/51409.html
Information is also available in English on the website of the Kumamoto Support Center for Foreign Residents here: http://www.kuma-koku.jp/support-center/page156.html – it should be updated later today with information from yesterday including the Risk Level change.