会食「８人以内」に緩和　再拡大警戒、対策１カ月延長―東京都

　東京都は２１日、新型コロナウイルスの対策本部会議を開き、２４日までとしていた「リバウンド警戒期間」を５月２２日まで約１カ月間延長することを決めた。飲食店での会食を「同一テーブルで原則４人以内」とする要請を維持した上で、都が感染対策を認証した店では「同８人以内」に緩和する。
　小池百合子知事は「ワクチン接種を加速しつつ、検査、換気などの感染防止対策に取り組み、何としてもリバウンドを回避する」と述べた。
　都内では３月２１日をもってコロナ対策の「まん延防止等重点措置」が解除されたが、感染者数は十分減っておらず、都は人の動きが増える大型連休を前に対策の継続が必要と判断した。（2022/04/21-18:51）

The Tokyo metropolitan government decided Thursday to relax a group dining restriction imposed during an alert for a rebound in COVID-19 cases in the Japanese capital.
   The metropolitan government will allow group dining of up to eight people per table, against four people at present, at restaurants and bars that are certified as taking thorough novel coronavirus measures.
   Also at a meeting of its coronavirus response headquarters, the metropolitan government decided to extend the ongoing alert period for about one month until May 22. The alert was to end on Sunday.
   "We aim to definitely prevent a rebound by accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations and thoroughly taking infection prevention measures, including coronavirus tests and ventilation," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said.
   The Japanese government's COVID-19 pre-emergency designation for Tokyo was lifted on March 21. But new infection cases have not yet decreased sufficiently.