Cases of the new coronavirus infection continue to top the one hundred per day count. The daily count for July 26 was 172, including 105 in Fukuoka City. Following the recently announced ‘Fukuoka Corona Warning,’ the prefecture is preparing to issue business regulations for eateries and other commercial attractions. Today, July 27, it was just announced that restaurants in Fukuoka Prefecture would be asked to reduce their hours of operation and close by 9:00 p.m. from August 1 to August 29. The public will be asked to refrain from going out unnecessarily, including during the daytime, due to the resurgence of corona infection in Fukuoka Prefecture. Source: NHK
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