{"id":148590,"date":"2022-09-13T13:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T04:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=148590&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T04:36:18","slug":"fukuokas-governor-considers-lowering-corona-special-alert-to-warning","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuokas-governor-considers-lowering-corona-special-alert-to-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka\u2019s Governor Considers Lowering &#8220;Corona Special Alert&#8221; to &#8220;Warning&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the decrease in the number of new cases of new coronavirus infection in Fukuoka Prefecture, Governor Hattori has indicated that he will consider lowering the prefecture&#8217;s own &#8220;special corona alert&#8221; to &#8220;warning&#8221; status. On <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sep.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 12, Governor Hattori told reporters, &#8220;The number of newly infected patients has decreased for 19 consecutive days, showing a clear downward trend. The utilization rate of hospital beds was 46.8% as of the 10th, which is less than 50%. Given these facts, the number of cases is below the index for the special warning for new coronas in Fukuoka Prefecture,&#8221; he pointed out. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20220912\/5010017301.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_nakasu-sep_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka\u2019s Governor Considers Lowering &quot;Corona Special Alert&quot; to &quot;Warning&quot; \" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_nakasu-sep_2022_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_nakasu-sep_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_nakasu-sep_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_nakasu-sep_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the decrease in the number of new cases of new coronavirus infection in Fukuoka Prefecture, Governor Hattori has indicated that he will consider lowering the prefecture&#8217;s own &#8220;special corona alert&#8221; to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":148594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-148590","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corona","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/148590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}