ポストコロナで再生宣言へ　「取り残さない社会」実現―全国知事会議

　全国知事会議が１０日、テレビ会議で開かれた。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を乗り越え、持続的な成長を目指す「ポストコロナに向けた日本再生宣言」の案を議論し、午後に採択する予定。
　知事会の飯泉嘉門会長（徳島県知事）は冒頭、「（緊急事態宣言を）解除することになると人流が増える。新しい変異株に対し、国と地方で連携し、どのように防いでいくのか大きく知恵が問われる」とあいさつした。
　宣言案では、約１年半に及ぶコロナの影響で「国民の暮らしや事業者の経済活動は大きなダメージを受けている」と指摘。障害者やひとり親世帯など相対的に弱い立場の人はより厳しい状況に置かれ、「孤独・孤立問題を深刻化、顕在化させた」と分析した。
　その上で事業者への支援や「誰一人取り残さない社会」実現に取り組むと強調。コロナ前と比べてよりよい社会作りに向け、行政のデジタル化などを進めるとした。脱炭素社会の実現もうたうなど、ポストコロナの日本の再生に向け「総力を挙げて取り組む」と訴えた。（2021/06/10-10:42）

Kamon Iizumi, head of the National Governors' Association, on Thursday called for cooperation between the central and local governments in the fight against novel coronavirus variants after the lifting of the country's state of emergency.
   "Once the coronavirus state of emergency is lifted, the flow of people will increase," Iizumi, governor of the western prefecture of Tokushima, said in a videoconference of the association, attended by 45 prefectural governors. "The state and local governments must work together to find ways to prevent the spread of new variant strains." The state of emergency, covering 10 of the country's 47 prefectures, is currently slated to end on June 20.
   On Thursday afternoon, the governors are expected to adopt a declaration on Japan's revival in the post-coronavirus era. In the declaration, the prefectural heads will seek efforts to overcome the novel coronavirus epidemic and realize sustainable economic growth.
   A draft of the declaration says that "people's livelihoods and economic activities of businesses have been severely damaged" due to the effects of the coronavirus crisis that has crippled the country for about one and a half years.
   The coronavirus crisis has driven people in socially vulnerable positions, such as those with disabilities and single parents, into a more difficult situation and "caused the issues of loneliness and isolation in society to become more serious and apparent," the draft states.