2021.05.04 19:32Nation

菅首相、緊急事態宣言解除「判断難しい」 感染症専門家と面会

 首相は4日、政府の新型コロナウイルス感染症対策分科会のメンバーを務める岡部信彦内閣官房参与と首相公邸で面会し、4都府県に発令中の緊急事態宣言をめぐり意見交換した。岡部氏によると、首相は11日が期限の宣言解除について「判断が難しい」との認識を示したという。
 首相は、新規感染者数の推移に関し、「数字が下がらない」と指摘。全国各地で宣言に準じる「まん延防止等重点措置」の適用を検討する動きが相次いでいることについて、岡部氏が「なるべく早く対策を取った方がいい」と伝えると、首相も同意していたという。(2021/05/04-19:32)

2021.05.04 19:32Nation

Suga Cites Difficulty in Deciding Whether to Lift Emergency


Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told an infectious disease expert Tuesday that he is finding it difficult to decide whether to lift the country's third coronavirus state of emergency, now set to run through May 11, the expert, Nobuhiko Okabe, said the same day.
   Meeting with Okabe, a special adviser to the cabinet and member of the government's advisory board on the coronavirus epidemic, at the prime minister's official residence, Suga said that infection numbers are not coming down, according to Okabe.
   The two also exchanged opinions about the requests made by prefectures across the country for putting them in the coronavirus pre-emergency stage, where powerful "priority" measures similar to those under a state of emergency can be taken. When Okabe said that measures should be taken in such prefectures as soon as possible, Suga said he thinks the same way.
   After the meeting with Suga, Okabe told reporters, "I think the prime minister is very much worried" about whether to lift the state of emergency, currently in effect in Tokyo and the three western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo.
   At the same time, Okabe said, "A certain judgment must be made some short while after the (Golden Week) holiday period ends."

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