政府のコロナ対応を検証　有識者会議が初会合

　政府の新型コロナウイルス対応を検証する有識者会議（座長・永井良三自治医科大学長）は１１日午前、東京都内で初会合を開いた。今後、司令塔機能の強化や行動制限の在り方、地域医療体制の確保策などを議論し、６月をめどに岸田文雄首相に結果を報告する。
　初会合に出席した山際大志郎経済再生担当相は「（新型コロナに対して）どういう戦い方をしてきたか、しっかり検証した上で、次に備える必要がある」と述べた。メンバーは地域医療や企業経営の専門家、社会学者ら８人で構成している。（2022/05/11-12:25）

A panel to review the Japanese government's response to the novel coronavirus crisis held its first meeting Wednesday.
   It plans to submit a report to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in June after discussing ways to strengthen the government's function as the "control tower" in the fight against the virus, as well as how and to what extent people's movements should be restricted. Other topics for the panel include measures to secure sufficient regional medical care services.
   "We need to thoroughly review how we have fought the (novel coronavirus) so that we can prepare well for the next (outbreak)," economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa, who is in charge of the government's COVID-19 response, said at the meeting.
   The panel comprises eight members, including experts in community medicine and business management, and a sociologist. It is headed by Jichi Medical University head Ryozo Nagai.
   At the meeting, one member said that the burden of dealing with COID-19 patients was concentrated on certain medical institutions while another stated that family doctors could have played a greater role in the fight against the coronavirus.