「期限前の解除考えず」　まん延防止で福岡知事に―西村担当相

　福岡県の服部誠太郎知事は２８日、新型コロナウイルス対策で同県に適用中の「まん延防止等重点措置」の早期解除を西村康稔経済再生担当相に電話で要請したが、断られたと明らかにした。県庁内で記者団に語った。服部氏によると、西村氏は「全国いずれの地域についても期間満了前の解除は考えていない」と話したという。
　西村氏は、インド由来のデルタ株の影響に加え、夏休みなど人の流れが増える時期を控えているためと説明。福岡市などはリバウンド（感染再拡大）の兆候がある東京都と往来も多く、九州全体への影響も大きいと指摘したという。（2021/06/28-19:37）

Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori said Monday that Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura has turned down his request for the early lifting of the ongoing novel coronavirus pre-emergency designation for the southwestern prefecture.
   Hattori asked Nishimura over the phone the same day for the removal of the central government measure for Fukuoka before its currently scheduled expiration on July 11. But the minister did not accept the request, the prefectural leader told reporters.
   The governor quoted Nishimura, who is responsible for the national government's coronavirus countermeasures, as saying that the state is not considering lifting the pre-emergency status early for any of the 10 prefectures now under the measure.
   As reasons for turning down the Fukuoka prefectural government's request, Nishimura said that the summer holiday period, in which the flow of people tends to increase, is set to start while citing the spread of the coronavirus delta strain, first identified in India, according to the governor.
   Nishimura also told Hattori that many people travel between the city of Fukuoka, the capital of the prefecture, and Tokyo, where there are signs of new infection cases increasing again, possibly having a major impact on the whole of the Kyushu region, which includes the prefecture.