まん延防止、沖縄など３県に　飲食店に時短営業要請―新型コロナ

　政府は９日、新型コロナウイルスの感染が急拡大する沖縄、山口、広島の３県に、緊急事態宣言に準じた対応が可能となるまん延防止等重点措置を適用した。３県は飲食店に営業時間の短縮を要請、感染拡大の封じ込めを図る。
　重点措置の適用は今月３１日まで。沖縄県は全域、山口県は岩国市と和木町、広島県は広島市など１０市３町が対象となった。３県は飲食店に午後８時までの営業短縮と酒類提供停止を要請。沖縄県は感染対策を講じた認証店に限り、時短営業の要請を午後９時までとし、酒類の提供を認める。（2022/01/09-00:25）

The Japanese prefectures of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima were placed under a COVID-19 state of pre-emergency on Sunday, enabling measures similar to those under a state of emergency to contain the rapid rise in the number of novel coronavirus infections.
   The pre-emergency designation will last through Jan. 31, covering all of the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, the city of Iwakuni and the town of Waki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, and 10 cities and three towns in Hiroshima Prefecture, also western Japan, including the city of the same name.
   The three prefectures will issue requests for restaurants and bars to shorten their operating hours to close at 8 p.m., as well as to suspend the serving of alcohol. But eateries in Okinawa that have received certifications for coronavirus prevention measures will be allowed to open until 9 p.m. and to serve alcohol.
   It is the first time in three months that pre-emergency measures have been imposed in Japan, after the previous states of emergency and pre-emergency were lifted at the end of September 2021.
   The central government revised its basic coronavirus response policy measures when deciding on the latest pre-emergency designation, allowing prefectural governors to request a halt to alcohol servings even at establishments with prevention measure certifications.