３次補正予算が成立　感染・経済対策に２１兆円

　新型コロナウイルス感染症対策やコロナ収束後を見据えた経済対策を盛り込んだ２０２０年度第３次補正予算は、２８日夜の参院本会議で自民、公明両党と日本維新の会などの賛成多数で可決、成立した。一般会計の追加歳出は２１兆８３５３億円で、このうち追加対策は１９兆１７６１億円。医療機関への支援やワクチン接種体制の整備などに充てる。
　立憲民主、国民民主、共産各党などは反対した。
　感染症の拡大防止策では、ワクチン接種にかかる費用に５７３６億円、逼迫（ひっぱく）する医療機関の病床確保のための緊急包括支援交付金に１兆３０１１億円を計上。営業時間短縮に協力した飲食店などを支援するための地方創生臨時交付金に１兆５０００億円を積み増した。（2021/01/28-22:09）

The Diet, Japan's parliament, approved a government-proposed third supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 on Thursday to fund coronavirus-related economic measures totaling 19,176.1 billion yen.
   The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, voted to enact the extra budget bill at a plenary meeting in the evening.
   In the budget, 573.6 billion yen is earmarked for vaccinations against the coronavirus and 1,301.1 billion yen for helping secure hospital beds at medical institutions.
   Meanwhile, 1.5 trillion yen was additionally allotted to a subsidy program for restaurants and other businesses complying with requests to shorten opening hours.
   The budget also includes 2 trillion yen for supporting the development of technologies to realize a carbon-neutral society, 178.8 billion yen for assisting digitalization at local governments and 3,141.4 billion yen for promoting disaster prevention and reduction measures.