「自分の身、守る行動を」　感染急増で「制御不能」―都会議

　東京都は１２日、新型コロナウイルスのモニタリング会議を開いた。国立国際医療研究センターの大曲貴夫氏は「陽性者が急増し制御不能な状況で、災害レベルの非常事態だ」と指摘。繁華街の娯楽目的の人出が緊急事態宣言前から２割程度しか減少していないため、「もはや災害時と同様に自分の身は自分で守るための行動が必要だ」と強調し、人との接触機会を極力減らすよう都民の自覚を求めた。（2021/08/12-19:15）

Tokyo is in a disaster-level emergency situation in which novel coronavirus infections are out of control, experts said Thursday.
   The Japanese capital's emergency and other medical systems have become dysfunctional, the experts said at a metropolitan government meeting to monitor the coronavirus situation.
   As of Wednesday, the seven-day average of new infection cases in Tokyo rose some 500 from a week earlier to 3,933.9.
   Nearly 70 pct of the average number were those under 40. The average among elderly residents increased to 139.0, exceeding its peak during the fourth wave of infections logged in May.
   The number of severely ill COVID-19 patients under the metropolitan government's criteria shot up 82 from the previous week to 197, reaching more than half of the secured hospital beds.