{"id":142725,"date":"2021-10-05T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T04:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142725&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T04:55:38","slug":"social-trial-for-easing-of-restrictions-underway","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/social-trial-for-easing-of-restrictions-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Trial for Easing of Restrictions Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An outline for a social trial for easing activity restrictions during the pandemic has been announced. Fukuoka Prefecture will be one of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thirteen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prefectures for testing the new dine-in guidelines. Limitations on the number of people in groups and business hours would be eased at participating eateries on the condition of confirming guests\u2019 vaccination status and PCR-screening results. However, the prefecture is struggling to find collaborators as restaurants and bars must return to original (shorter) shop hours after <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oct. 14, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regardless of the social test\u2019s outcome. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20210930\/k00\/00m\/040\/313000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASP9Z7K4JP9ZULFA033.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142726\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img0699.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img0699.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img0699.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img0699.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img0699.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photograph provided by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/showcase.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/photo\/img0699.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/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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Fukuoka Prefecture will be one of the thirteen prefectures for testing the new dine-in guidelines. 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