群馬・石川・熊本「まん延防止」解除　緊急事態、１０都道府県の扱い焦点―政府

　政府は、新型コロナウイルス対策として群馬、石川、熊本３県に適用していた「まん延防止等重点措置」について、感染状況が改善したとして１３日をもって解除した。今後は、東京や大阪など１０都道府県に発令中の緊急事態宣言を、期限の２０日で解除できるかが焦点だ。
　菅義偉首相は訪問先の英国で日本時間の１４日未明、宣言解除の可否に関し、「今週中にも判断をしなければならない。客観的情勢を踏まえながら、専門家ともしっかり相談して決めたい」と記者団に語った。（2021/06/14-06:09）

The Japanese government lifted its COVID-19 pre-emergency designation for Gunma, Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures at the end of Sunday, after improvements in the local infection situations.
   The focus of attention now shifts to whether Tokyo, Osaka and eight other prefectures will pull out of the novel coronavirus state of emergency on June 20 as scheduled.
   The government believes that conditions are being met for lifting the emergency in the eight areas other than Hokkaido and Okinawa, which both still see high levels of infection cases, according to officials.
   With experts worried about a rebound in infection cases after the emergency is lifted, the government is looking at placing Tokyo and the seven prefectures in the pre-emergency stage for about a month after the end of the state of emergency, the officials said.
   The pre-emergency designation allows prefectural governors to impose restrictions similar to those taken under a state of emergency in order to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.