緊急事態「病床５０％」こだわらず　山際担当相、東京発令基準で―新型コロナ

　山際大志郎経済再生担当相は２５日の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの感染が急拡大する東京都への緊急事態宣言発令について、「一概に病床使用率が５０％になった場合に紋切りに何かやるということではなく、相談しながら決めていく」と述べた。
　都の病床使用率は２５日時点で３９．８％で、５０％で政府に宣言要請を検討するとしている。山際氏は「今のところ、宣言は考えていない」と説明した。（2022/01/25-21:30）

Japanese economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa, also in charge of the government's measures against the novel coronavirus, has indicated a stance of not sticking to the 50 pct bed occupancy rate threshold when deciding whether to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency.
   "It's not that we'll automatically decide to do something once the bed occupancy rate hits 50 pct," Yamagiwa told a press conference on Tuesday. "We'll make decisions through consultations."
   The Tokyo metropolitan government has said that it will consider asking the central government to place the capital under a state of emergency once its hospital bed occupancy rate reaches 50 pct. The occupancy rate stood at 39.8 pct in Tokyo as of Tuesday.
   Yamagiwa said, "We're not thinking about an emergency declaration at the moment."