政府、３都府県「まん延防止」適用　東京・京都・沖縄、１２日から

　政府は９日午前、新型コロナウイルスの専門家らによる基本的対処方針分科会を開き、緊急事態宣言に準じた対応が可能となる「まん延防止等重点措置」を、感染が急拡大する東京都、京都府、沖縄県に週明けの１２日から適用する方針を示し、了承された。９日午後６時から政府対策本部（本部長・菅義偉首相）を開き、正式決定する。
　対象区域は、東京都が２３区と武蔵野・立川・八王子・町田・調布・府中の６市、京都府は京都市、沖縄県は那覇市など本島の９市とする。期間は東京都が５月１１日まで、京都、沖縄は同５日まで。（2021/04/09-11:47）

The Japanese government said Friday that it plans to put Tokyo plus Kyoto and Okinawa prefectures under the novel coronavirus pre-emergency stage from Monday following a surge in infection cases there.
   The plan was approved at a meeting of an experts' team on a basic policy for the government's response to the COVID-19 crisis Friday morning.
   The government will formalize the plan at a meeting of its coronavirus response headquarters, set to start at 6 p.m. the same day (9 a.m. GMT).
   Based on the revised special measures law on the fight against the novel coronavirus that took effect in February, the pre-emergency stage allows prefectural governors to request or order local restaurants and bars to shorten their operating hours and impose up to 200,000 yen in administrative fines on noncompliant businesses.
   In Tokyo, the densely populated 23 wards and the cities of Musashino, Tachikawa, Hachioji, Machida, Chofu and Fuchu will be put under the pre-emergency stage between Monday and May 11.