全国で飲食店時短解除　沖縄、７カ月ぶり通常営業

　沖縄県は１日、新型コロナウイルス感染対策として独自に実施していた飲食店の営業時間短縮要請などの措置を解除した。１９都道府県に対する国の緊急事態宣言が９月末で全面解除されて以降、一部で残っていた自治体による時短要請は全て解消。沖縄で飲食店が通常営業となるのは７カ月ぶりで、今後は感染の再拡大防止を図りつつ、経済活動の本格化を目指す。
　国の宣言解除に伴い、茨城、静岡、滋賀の３県は独自の自粛要請を同時解除。他の都道府県も順次解除していった。最後となる沖縄では、４月から実施してきた時短要請を撤廃し、通常営業を認める一方、同一テーブルでの会食は「４人以下、２時間以内」とするよう呼び掛ける。（2021/11/01-07:55）

Okinawa Prefecture on Monday lifted its request for shorter operating hours at restaurants and bars placed in the fight against COVID-19, making them across Japan free from such restrictions.
   The early closure request had been in place in the southernmost prefecture since April. Restaurants and bars there will still be asked to allow groups of no more than four people at the same table.
   Prefectures started withdrawing their early closure requests after the Japanese government lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency at the end of September. Okinawa was last to lift its request.
   There are also moves among prefectural governments to ease restrictions linked to COVID-19 for vaccinated people.
   For five days from Oct. 25, Osaka Prefecture tested a system in which vaccination records were checked when customers visited restaurants and bars in the Minami entertainment district in the city of Osaka.