リバウンド防止策の徹底を　コロナ対応で国に提言―全国知事会

　全国知事会（会長・飯泉嘉門徳島県知事）は２０日、テレビ会議を開き、新型コロナウイルス対策をめぐる政府への提言をまとめた。首都圏１都３県に対する緊急事態宣言が２１日で解除されることを受け、リバウンド（感染再拡大）の防止に向けた積極的疫学調査の徹底や、ワクチン接種の円滑な実施への支援などを求めた。
　提言では、変異ウイルスへの対応を含め、積極的疫学調査による感染ルートの探知や、大規模なＰＣＲ検査の実施を要請。ワクチン接種については、供給量や時期に関する情報の速やかな提示のほか、副反応に対応するマニュアルの整備なども求めた。（2021/03/20-12:44）

Japanese prefectural governors adopted Saturday a set of proposals to the central government for preventing a rebound in infections with the novel coronavirus ahead of the full lifting of its second state of emergency over the virus at the end of Sunday.
   In the package, adopted at a videoconference, the National Governors' Association asked the government to thoroughly conduct active epidemiological investigations to identify infection routes and polymerase chain reaction tests on a large scale as part of the fight against the coronavirus, including mutant strains.
   The government was also asked to swiftly disclose information about vaccines, including when they will become available and the amounts of supplies, and create manuals on dealing with possible adverse events from vaccinations.
   The state of emergency, issued in January, now covers Tokyo and neighboring Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures. Seven out of the 43 other prefectures of the country were also placed under the emergency temporarily.
   The governors also called for effective support measures regardless of region and industry, saying that the economic and employment situations in areas not under the state of emergency are also tough.