水際措置、延長に含み　岸田首相、３回目接種の全体像示す―参院予算委

　岸田文雄首相は１６日の参院予算委員会で、新型コロナウイルスの新変異株「オミクロン株」に対応する水際強化措置に関し、「リスクの度合いがある程度予想できる状況に至るまでは、慎重な対応を続けなければいけない」と述べた。年末までとした当面の期限の延長に含みを残した発言だ。立憲民主党の有田芳生氏への答弁。
　政府はオミクロン株の世界的な感染拡大を受け、全世界からの外国人の新規入国を原則停止。日本人帰国者らの行動制限も強化している。首相は「未知のリスクに対して慎重の上にも慎重に対応しなければいけない」と理解を求めた。
　３回目のワクチン接種について、首相は「ワクチンを確保する努力をしながら、できるだけ早期にワクチン接種の取り組みの全体像を確定して地方自治体に示し、スムーズに進むよう努力したい」と語った。自民党の藤井基之氏への答弁。（2021/12/16-18:47）

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left open on Thursday the possibility of Japan extending its tighter border control measures against the new omicron variant of the novel coronavirus that are currently scheduled to end at the end of the year.
   "We must continue to take cautious measures until the degree of risk can be predicted to some extent," Kishida said in a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.
   Regarding third shots of COVID-19 vaccines, he said the government will finalize the overall picture of its vaccination program as early as possible and present it to local governments, while continuing efforts to secure vaccine supplies.
   At the Upper House meeting, Eiji Kidoguchi of the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan brought up the planned release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.
   Reconstruction Minister Kosaburo Nishime said that it is extremely important to prevent the water release from hampering reconstruction efforts in areas hit by the March 2011 disaster. "We'll do our best to address the issue of harmful rumors by providing scientific information," he said.