緊急事態「現時点で検討せず」　重症者の割合重視―岸田首相

　岸田文雄首相は３１日、新型コロナウイルスの変異株「オミクロン株」対応をめぐり、東京都に緊急事態宣言を発令する可能性について「少なくとも現時点において国としては検討していない」と述べた。都内で記者団の質問に答えた。
　首相は、都が宣言要請を検討する基準の病床使用率５０％に近づいていることに関し、「重症の病床ということで言うならば、昨年８月はもう満杯状態だったが、今年は３７．６％にとどまっている」と指摘。重症者の割合を重視する考えを示した。（2022/01/31-13:02）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that his government is not considering declaring a COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo at least for now.
   Kishida made the remarks to reporters about the government's response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. Tokyo and 33 other Japanese prefectures are currently in the COVID-19 pre-emergency stage.
   The prime minister indicated that the government will attach importance to cases with severe symptoms in monitoring the COVID-19 situation.
   Hospital beds for seriously ill COVID-19 patients were full in Tokyo in August last year, but the occupancy rate was 37.6 pct at present, he said.
   The occupancy rate of hospital beds for overall COVID-19 patients has been close to 50 pct in Tokyo, the threshold for the metropolitan government to seek a state of emergency.