小池都知事「東京来ないで」　変異株懸念、通勤者らに要請

　東京都の小池百合子知事は１５日、新型コロナウイルスの感染が拡大し、特に感染力の強い変異ウイルスの割合が上昇していることを受け、「通勤を含め、（医療従事者などの）エッセンシャルワーカー以外の方は可能な限り東京へ来ないでいただきたい」と訴えた。同日の都モニタリング会議後、記者団に語った。
　都はこれまで、都民に対して「都県境を越える外出自粛」を要請。ただ、会議では、感染者の増加に歯止めがかからず感染急拡大の可能性が指摘されたため、都外からの通勤客などに幅広く移動自粛を呼び掛けることにした。小池氏は「テレワークで出勤者を最大３割に削減」「買い物は３日に１回」といった人出抑制策の徹底も求めた。（2021/04/15-16:36）

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Thursday urged people not to visit the capital, where highly contagious coronavirus variants are spreading, unless they are medical and other essential workers.
   "Except for essential workers, we want people not to visit and commute to Tokyo as much as possible," Koike told reporters after a coronavirus monitoring meeting.
   The request came after Tokyo's serious coronavirus situation was highlighted in the meeting, with one expert suggesting that the virus might spread at an even faster pace. The metropolitan government has already been asking residents to avoid visiting other prefectures.
   Koike also called on people and businesses to take existing containment measures, such as reducing the number of commuters to 30 pct of prepandemic levels through promoting telework and limiting shopping trips to one in three days.
   In the meeting, the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health gave an estimate that the proportion of N501Y variant cases has grown as high as 37.8 pct among all coronavirus cases in the capital.