大阪府、医療非常事態を宣言　吉村知事「変異株影響」―病床確保、緊急要請

　大阪府は７日、新型コロナウイルス感染者の急増を受けて対策本部会議を開き、独自基準の大阪モデルに基づき赤信号を点灯し、「医療非常事態」を宣言した。
　同日の新規感染者は８７８人で、２日連続で過去最多を更新した。会議後に記者会見した吉村洋文知事は「２０～３０代の感染者数は垂直に近い上がり方だ。重症化率も高く変異ウイルスの影響は間違いない」と強調。不要不急の外出自粛を求めた上で、「緊急事態宣言とほぼ同じ要請だが、徹底をお願いしたい」と述べた。
　府内の新規感染者数は、直近２週間で４．３倍に急増。重症病床を２２４床確保するが、運用率が７０％に達し、赤信号の基準を満たした。
　ただ、実際に稼働している病床は７日時点で１７４床にとどまる。府は府内の病院に対して現在の確保数と別に、重症用１００床、軽症・中等症用に３５０床を追加確保するよう緊急要請した。（2021/04/07-20:35）

The government of Osaka Prefecture declared a medical emergency on Wednesday, following a sharp increase in novel coronavirus infections in the western Japan prefecture.
   The prefectural government issued a red-light warning under the "Osaka model" system for infection situation assessment at a meeting of its coronavirus countermeasures headquarters on the day.
   The prefecture has secured 224 hospital beds for coronavirus patients with severe symptoms, but only 173 were in operation as of Tuesday, of which 86 pct were occupied.
   The city of Osaka, the prefecture's capital, and a total of five other cities in neighboring Hyogo Prefecture and the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi were placed under the coronavirus pre-emergency stage by the central government on Monday.
   Following the pre-emergency designation, the Osaka prefectural government asked eating and drinking establishments in the city of Osaka to close by 8 p.m. It also called on people to avoid unnecessary travel outside of the prefecture.