まん延防止、全面解除決定へ　政府、今夕対策本部

　政府は１７日、新型コロナウイルス対策の基本的対処方針分科会を開き、１８都道府県で適用が続いている「まん延防止等重点措置」について、２１日の期限で全面的に解除する方針を諮問し、了承された。１７日午後に国会に報告した上で、持ち回りの対策本部で正式決定する。
　新型コロナ対策の基本的対処方針を改定し、重点措置地域での大規模イベントについては、一定の感染対策を実施すれば定員までの参加を認める方針などを盛り込む。黄川田仁志内閣府副大臣は分科会で、感染再拡大への備えとして「飲食、イベント、旅行の場面でワクチン接種歴や検査結果の確認を推奨する」と述べた。（2022/03/17-12:52）

A panel of pandemic experts approved on Thursday the Japanese government's plan to lift its COVID-19 pre-emergency measures entirely when they expire Monday.
   The government will formally adopt the plan at a meeting of its coronavirus response headquarters after reporting it to the Diet, Japan's parliament, later in Thursday.
   There will be no prefecture in the pre-emergency stage for the first time since Okinawa and two other prefectures were placed in the stage on Jan. 9.
   Currently, the pre-emergency measures are in place in 18 prefectures: Hokkaido, Aomori, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Ishikawa, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Kagawa and Kumamoto
   Also, the government will revise its basic COVID-19 response policy to allow large-scale events in pre-emergency areas to be held with the number of participants at full capacity if a certain level of infection prevention measures are taken.