「まん延防止」追加、連休前見送り　九州などの感染状況警戒―政府

　政府は新型コロナウイルス対策の「まん延防止等重点措置」について、２９日からの大型連休前の適用地域追加を見送った。ただ、九州地方など各地で感染拡大が続いており、状況次第で連休中の適用も視野に入れる。当面は各地の取り組みを見極めつつ、不要不急の外出や都道府県をまたぐ移動の自粛を呼び掛ける。
　加藤勝信官房長官は２８日の記者会見で、連休前に政府が重点措置の適用を決めない理由について「現時点で正式な要請が行われている状況にはない」と説明。「常にそれぞれの自治体と実施している施策、その効果など含めて状況認識を共有化し、連携を図っている」と述べた。（2021/04/28-16:55）

The Japanese government has decided not to place any more prefectures under a COVID-19 pre-emergency before the Golden Week holiday period from Thursday to May 5.
   But the government may make an addition during the period as coronavirus infection cases are surging in many parts of the country, especially in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region.
   The government will examine the effectiveness of the current countermeasures while calling for voluntary restrictions on nonessential travel outside home and visits to other prefectures.
   At a press conference Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the central government is working with local governments by sharing views on coronavirus situations, including countermeasures and their effectiveness.
   The pre-emergency stage, based on a revised special measures law to fight infectious disease epidemics, allows the governors of designated prefectures to take powerful "priority" measures, similar to those taken under a state of emergency, to curb infections in areas they choose.