{"id":141199,"date":"2021-06-24T13:33:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T04:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=141199&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-06-24T13:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T04:33:18","slug":"controls-maybe-lifted-as-covid-19-situation-improves","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/controls-maybe-lifted-as-covid-19-situation-improves\/","title":{"rendered":"Controls Maybe Lifted as COVID-19 Situation Improves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new coronavirus infection situation in Fukuoka Prefecture has improved. The regional occupancy rate of secured hospital beds fell below 20% for the first time in about seven months, meeting the Stage II criterion. This permits the prefecture to request lifting the \u2018mann-enn boushi to juten sochi\u2019 COVID-19 control program set by the national government. However, some executive staff remain cautious as the prefecture\u2019s daily infection count surpasses 30 on some days. A meeting with expert advisors would be held today to discuss the next move. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/fukuoka\/20210623\/5010012214.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/fukuoka\/20210624\/5010012216.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-141200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c19-june-24-news.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c19-june-24-news.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c19-june-24-news.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c19-june-24-news.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c19-june-24-news.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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