昨春以上の外出自粛を　買い物「最小限」、テレワーク強化―西村担当相

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は２５日の記者会見で、東京、大阪、京都、兵庫の４都府県で緊急事態宣言が発令されたことを受け、対象地域の住民に対し「不要不急の外出自粛、昨年春の緊急事態宣言以上に徹底した『ステイホーム』をお願いしたい」と述べた。
　政府は昨年４月から５月にかけての緊急事態宣言で、人と人との接触機会の８割削減を求めていた。
　西村氏は会見で、具体例として「買い物などの機会は最小限にし、４都府県からの外出や、そこに行くこともぜひ控えてほしい」と要請。経済界には、テレワークの再強化、休暇取得の促進により「出勤者数の７割削減をぜひお願いしたい」と呼び掛けた。
　また西村氏は、宣言解除が可能となる目安について、感染状況の指標が「ステージ３」となるとともに、「特に病床（の空き状況）を見ることが大事だ」と指摘した。（2021/04/25-18:06）

Economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Sunday asked residents of Tokyo and other areas under a fresh coronavirus state of emergency to stay home "more thoroughly" than they did under the first emergency in spring last year.
   At a press conference, Nishimura, who leads the government's response to the epidemic, said that he wants residents of the Japanese capital and the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo to thoroughly avoid going out for nonessential reasons.
   The fresh coronavirus emergency, the third of the kind in Japan, took effect on Sunday in the four prefectures, mainly covering the Golden Week holiday period, which is set to start soon.
   During the first emergency, which was in place between April and May last year, the government asked people to reduce opportunities for contact with others by 80 pct. The first emergency initially targeted Tokyo and six other prefectures and was then expanded to cover all 40 other prefectures of the country as well.
   Nishimura specifically asked residents of the four prefectures under the ongoing emergency to reduce outings, such as for shopping, to a minimum and refrain from going out of the prefectures. Residents of other parts of the country were urged not to travel to the four prefectures.