日医会長、コロナ「第６波に突入」　行動制限緩和、見直し提起

　日本医師会の中川俊男会長は６日の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの感染者増加を踏まえ、「全国的に『第６波』に突入したと考えている」との見解を示した。ワクチンの接種証明などにより行動制限を緩和する「ワクチン・検査パッケージ」については、「これからの感染状況を見て、柔軟に仕組みを見直すべきだと思う」と提起した。
　中川氏は「（感染拡大の）スピードが極めて速くなっている」と指摘。変異株「オミクロン株」に対応するため、自治体に対して「感染者数を常に予想しながら、『まん延防止等重点措置』の申請を準備するなどの心構えでいるべきだ」と呼び掛けた。（2022/01/06-19:10）

Japan has entered the sixth wave of novel coronavirus infections as new cases are spreading across the country, Japan Medical Association President Toshio Nakagawa said Thursday.
   "I think we have entered the sixth wave nationwide," Nakagawa told a press conference. "The speed (of the spread of infection) has become extremely fast."
   He underlined a need to review flexibly the so-called vaccine and testing package aimed at easing coronavirus restrictions, based on the infection situation from now.
   Local governments should make preparations so that they can seek central government designations of a COVID-19 pre-emergency state, while constantly forecasting new infection cases, Nakagawa also said.
   "We will fully cooperate with the government's policy with a sense of crisis," he said, in response to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's recent remark that the government will shift the focus of coronavirus measures to domestic steps while maintaining the existing basic framework of border control schemes.