まん延防止、大阪など延長へ　来月６日まで、沖縄・山口は解除―政府

　政府は、新型コロナウイルス対策の「まん延防止等重点措置」の期限を２０日に迎える２１道府県のうち、大阪府などは延長する方針だ。新たな期限は東京都などと同じ３月６日で調整している。一方、沖縄、山口両県については新規感染者数が減少傾向にあるとして、２０日での解除が固まった。１７日にも岸田文雄首相が表明し、１８日の政府対策本部で決定する見通し。
　山際大志郎経済再生担当相は１５日、大阪府の吉村洋文知事とオンラインで協議した。吉村氏は入院者に占める高齢者の割合が高い現状を挙げ、政府の基本的対処方針を高齢者の感染防止に力点を置く内容に改めるよう要請。この後、記者団に「重点措置の延長が前提（の協議）だ。解除されることはない状況だ」と説明した。（2022/02/15-19:18）

The Japanese government plans to extend its COVID-19 pre-emergency designations for Osaka and some other prefectures where the designations are currently set to expire on Sunday, informed sources said Tuesday.
   The government is expected to extend the designations until March 6, when the pre-emergency measures are set to end in other prefectures including Tokyo.
   Meanwhile, the government plans to lift the pre-emergency designations for Okinawa and Yamaguchi on Sunday, as scheduled, as the numbers of new positive cases there are on the decline, the sources said.
   Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is likely to announce these plans as early as Thursday and formally adopt them at a meeting of the government's coronavirus response headquarters on Friday.
   On Tuesday, economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa, who is also in charge of the government's coronavirus countermeasures, held online talks with Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura.