今年の初めにはまさかこんな状況になるとは思いもしませんでした。あっと言う間の新型コロナの世界的な感染拡大。北海道では少し収まってきた感がありますが、首都圏や関西圏などでの感染拡大が気になります。
当店でも道東以外からの観光のお客さまはほとんどいらっしゃらない状態です。また通常1割程度は海外からのお客様なのですが、3月はフランス人のお客様1名のみです。今年はオリンピックイヤーで海外から多くの方が北海道に来ていただくことを期待してましたが、雲行きがかなり怪しくなってきています。
現状、当店にできるのは感染のリスクをできるだけ下げて、その上でいつもと変わらないくつろぎの空間を提供する事と思っています。対策として、アルコールや薄めた次亜塩素酸ナトリウム水での拭き取り消毒、トイレへのアルコール消毒ウエットティッシュの設置、こまめな換気などを行っています。各テーブルもそれぞれ2m以上離れており、カウンタと近くのテーブルもステンドグラスで仕切られています。専門家会議の言う所の「3つの条件が重なる場」とならないように極力務めております。外出自粛の折ではありますが、時には気晴らしにお越しいただければと思います。
心配しているのは消毒用アルコール製品等の入手です。3月初旬にはキッチン用アルコール消毒液がネットでほぼ定価で買えたのですが、最近は3倍以上の値段になってます。メーカーが頑張って増産した製品が高値転売の悪徳業者に流れ、結果として市場での品薄になっているとしたらとんでもない事ですね。
そんな中、お店に来る小鳥達は人間界の騒動関係なく春の訪れを喜んでいるようです！
At the beginning of this year, I never expected this terrible situation would happen. The new Corona is spreading worldwide. In Hokkaido, it seems to have subsided a little, but I am concerned about the spread of infection in the metropolitan area and Kansai area. Even in our shop, there are hardly any tourists from outside of Doto. Also, usually about 10% of our customers are from overseas, but in March we have only 1 French tourist. This is the year of the Olympics and I was expecting a lot of people from overseas to come to Hokkaido, but things are getting really bad. At the moment, what our shop can do is to reduce the risk of infection as much as possible, and on top of that, provide a space where you can relax as usual. As countermeasures, alcohol disinfection by wiping with alcohol or diluted sodium hypochlorite water, installation of alcohol disinfection wet tissues in the toilet, and frequent ventilation are carried out. Each table is more than 2 meters apart, and the counter and a nearby table are also separated by stained glass. We are doing our utmost to avoid becoming what the Council of Experts calls "a place where three conditions overlap". It is a time to refrain from going out, but I would like you to come for a change. I'm worried about getting alcohol products for disinfection. In the beginning of March, I was able to buy an alcohol disinfectant for the kitchen at almost the same price, but recently it has become more than three times the price. It would be shame if the manufacturers worked hard to increase the production, and the products were sold to the dishonest traders who resold the products at high prices, and as a result, the products became scarce in the market. In the midst of all this, the little birds that come to the cafe seem to be happy about the arrival of spring regardless of the turmoil in the human world!
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