緊急事態、１９都道府県で延長　宮城・岡山は重点措置

　政府が新型コロナウイルス対策の特別措置法に基づき発令中の緊急事態宣言が１３日、延長期間に入った。１９都道府県が対象で新たな期限は３０日。宣言地域の自治体は引き続き、飲食店に午後８時までの時間短縮営業を要請し、酒類提供も禁止する。医療提供体制の逼迫（ひっぱく）を解消し、解除を目指す。
　宣言が出ていた宮城、岡山両県は１３日から「まん延防止等重点措置」に移行。既に重点措置を適用中の福島、石川など６県の期限も３０日まで延ばし、対象地域は計８県となった。富山、山梨、愛媛、高知、佐賀、長崎の６県は１２日の期限をもって重点措置を解除した。
　重点措置地域ではこれまで、感染状況が「下落傾向にある」と知事が判断すれば、午後７時まで飲食店の酒類提供を認めていた。今後は最長で午後８時まで容認。営業も午後９時まで可能となる。（2021/09/13-00:07）

The Japanese government's state of emergency over the novel coronavirus pandemic was extended in Tokyo and 18 other prefectures Monday.
   The emergency, based on the special law for the fight against the virus, is now slated to run until Sept. 30. It was earlier planned to end Sunday. The 18 prefectures other than Tokyo include Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, all neighboring the Japanese capital, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo in western Japan, Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, and Okinawa, southernmost Japan.
   Eating and drinking establishments in the prefectures under the emergency continue to be requested by respective local authorities to close at 8 p.m. or earlier while the ban on the serving of alcohol remains in place.
   The government aims to ease the strains on the medical systems in the prefectures in the hope of lifting the emergency.
   The northeastern prefecture of Miyagi and the western prefecture of Okayama shifted to a pre-emergency stage over the pandemic from the state of emergency Monday, joining six other prefectures in the stage, including Fukushima in northeastern Japan and Ishikawa in central Japan. The pre-emergency stage was also extended and will last until the end of September.