野田少子化相がコロナ感染疑い　確認なら閣僚初

　野田聖子少子化担当相が新型コロナウイルスに感染した疑いがあることが分かった。政府関係者が１日、明らかにした。野田氏は同日の閣議を欠席し、記者会見を含む全ての公務をキャンセルした。感染が確認されれば、閣僚で初めてとなる。
　野田氏は１日朝、微熱があったことから簡易的な抗原検査を実施。陽性の結果が出たため、ＰＣＲ検査を受けて感染の有無を確認するとしている。（2022/04/01-11:31）

Seiko Noda, Japanese minister in charge of measures against the declining birthrate, is suspected of having the novel coronavirus, government officials said Friday.
   Noda was absent from the day's cabinet meeting and has canceled all of her duties for the day, including a news conference. If she is confirmed positive, this would be the first case of a Japanese cabinet minister infected with the virus.
   She took a simple antigen test for COVID-19 Friday morning because she had a slight fever, and tested positive. Noda will take a polymerase chain reaction test to determine whether she is infected, the officials said.
   The cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to send Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to Poland as his special envoy over the Ukraine crisis instead of Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa, who could be designated as a close contact of one of more members of his family infected with the virus. Hayashi is slated to leave for Poland on Friday afternoon.
   Furukawa tested negative Friday morning, and will return to work as early as the beginning of next week if his condition remains stable, according to the Justice Ministry.