１３県のまん延防止解除　時短営業、人数制限が終了

　新潟、長野、福島など１３県に適用されていた新型コロナウイルス対策のまん延防止等重点措置が７日、解除された。飲食店の営業時間短縮やイベントの人数制限が終了。学校の部活動の自粛なども多くの地域で緩和される。
　解除はほかに、三重、和歌山、岡山、広島、高知、福岡、佐賀、長崎、宮崎、鹿児島の各県。新規感染者数が減少し、医療への負荷をコントロールできると判断した。重点措置の適用は１月９日以降、３６都道府県に上ったが、これにより半数の１８県で終了したことになる。（2022/03/07-00:16）

The Japanese government lifted its COVID-19 pre-emergency measures in Niigata, Nagano, Fukushima and 10 other prefectures on Monday.
   Restrictions are no longer imposed on operating hours at restaurants and bars and on the number of visitors to events. Curbs on club activities at schools will be eased in many regions.
   In the 13 prefectures, also including Mie, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kochi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki and Kagoshima, the number of new infection cases has been on the fall and the burden on medical systems has been judged to be under control.
   The number of prefectures on the pre-emergency list once hit 36 but is now reduced to 18.
   As the pace of decline in the number of new infection cases has been slowing recently across the country, however, some local governments plan to implement infection control measures on their own even after the lifting of pre-emergency designations.