コロナ対策法案、３日成立　衆院通過、刑事罰を削除

　新型コロナウイルス対策の感染症法、特別措置法などの改正案は１日の衆院本会議で、与党や立憲民主党などの賛成多数で可決、参院に送付された。感染症法改正案は入院を拒否した人への行政罰導入が柱。特措法改正案は緊急事態宣言の前段階として「まん延防止等重点措置」を新設する。参院審議を経て、３日に成立する見通しだ。
　自民、立憲両党は入院を拒否した人らを対象とする刑事罰導入を撤回するなどの修正で合意。これに基づき、本会議に先立つ内閣委員会で改正案は修正可決された。
　重点措置に関しては「国会へ速やかに報告する」との付帯決議を行った。営業時間短縮などに応じた事業者支援については「経営への影響の度合い等を勘案し、要請に十分な理解を得られるようにする」と明記した。（2021/02/01-19:22）

Japan's House of Representatives on Monday passed a government-proposed bill to revise laws related to the fight against the novel coronavirus.
   The lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, approved revisions including the introduction of administrative fines for those refusing to be hospitalized despite coronavirus infections, as well as the creation of a new pre-emergency stage at which tougher prevention measures than normal can be taken.
   The bill to revise a number of laws, including the infectious disease prevention law and the special measures law to combat coronavirus and other epidemics, is expected to be enacted Wednesday after deliberations at the House of Councillors, the upper chamber.
   At Monday's plenary meeting of the Lower House, the legislation was approved by a majority comprising the ruling bloc and some opposition forces including the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
   The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the CDP agreed to drop from the revisions the introduction of criminal penalties for refusal of hospitalization and other forms of cooperation with coronavirus measures.