緊急事態、東京再宣言も　酒類提供再停止を検討―西村担当相

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は２７日のＮＨＫ番組で、新型コロナウイルス感染再拡大の兆候が見られる東京都などに対し、今後の推移によっては再び緊急事態宣言を発令する可能性を示唆した。「必要となれば、まん延防止等重点措置を出している地域に緊急事態宣言を発出することも、ちゅうちょなく機動的にやるべきだ」と語った。
　西村氏は東京の感染状況について「増加傾向が顕著になってきた。高い警戒感を持って専門家、都と連携し分析を進めている」と説明。高齢者の感染は減少しつつあるとする一方、「活動が活発な２０代、３０代の感染をどう抑えるかが課題になっている」と指摘した。
　同時に「ここで抑えるには強い対策を取ることもやむを得ない。飲食店での酒の提供を停止することも含め検討しないといけない」と述べ、酒類提供の再停止などを検討する考えを示した。（2021/06/27-14:21）

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Sunday hinted that another coronavirus state of emergency may be declared, depending on future infection levels, in Tokyo and other areas that are seeing signs of a resurgence of infection cases.
   "If necessary, we should not hesitate to declare a state of emergency and should be flexible about declaring it for areas that are currently placed in a pre-emergency stage," Nishimura, who leads the central government's COVID-19 response, said in a television program.
   Tokyo and six other prefectures are currently given the pre-emergency status, which allows prefectural governors to impose restrictions similar to but less strict than those introduced under an emergency declaration.
   Regarding the infection situation in Tokyo, Nishimura said that an uptrend in the number of infection cases has become conspicuous and that the central government is analyzing the developments with a strong sense of vigilance in cooperation with experts and the Tokyo metropolitan government.
   While noting that infection cases of elderly people have been on the decrease, the minister said, "How to contain the spread of the virus among active people in their 20s and 30s has become an issue."