医療体制「危機的状況」　検査キット確保を―まん延防止拡大で提言・全国知事会

　全国知事会（会長・平井伸治鳥取県知事）は２８日、新型コロナウイルス対策の「まん延防止等重点措置」の適用地域拡大を受け、オンライン会議で国への提言をまとめた。提言は「（変異株）『オミクロン株』による爆発的な感染の拡大に伴い、多くの地域で保健・医療体制が危機的な状況に陥りつつある」と明記。感染者・濃厚接触者の急増に対応するため、ＰＣＲ検査の試薬や抗原検査キットの確保と安定供給などを訴えた。
　平井氏は会議の冒頭、「感染の様相が『デルタ株』までとは違う。オミクロン株特有の状況に即した対策を政府として速やかにつくっていただきたい」と強調した。（2022/01/28-18:36）

The National Governors' Association urged the central government on Friday to allow prefectural governors to request closures of education-related facilities where the novel coronavirus is spreading.
   The request was included in a set of draft proposals on the government's COVID-19 response that association members discussed the same day, hoping for measures that take account of the characteristics of the quickly spreading omicron variant.
   The discussion was held at an online meeting the day after more prefectures were placed in the COVID-19 pre-emergency stage, in which prefectural governors can request eateries to shorten business hours among other measures.
   "We must curb the peak of the wave of infections as much as possible and limit the impact on society," Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai, the head of the association, said at the outset of the meeting.
   In the draft proposals, the association noted that the virus is spreading not only at eateries but also in other places such as schools and homes.