Relief, concerns mixed over having virus emergency lifted early

Relief and concerns among businesses, citizens and even governors were mixed in the six prefectures that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday would have their COVID-19 state of emergency lifted at the end of the month.While some welcomed the move in the hopes it would help revive the economy, others expressed concerns that lifting the declaration too soon in Aichi, Gifu, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka could lead to a resurgence of infections in those areas.Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura, who on Monday asked the central government to lift the declaration, said he would gradually ease restric…READ FULL ARTICLE