林外相がコロナ感染　予算委欠席、閣僚３人目

　外務省は１日、林芳正外相が新型コロナウイルスに感染したと発表した。同日朝に喉の痛みを訴えＰＣＲ検査を受けたところ陽性と判明。出席予定だった同日の衆院予算委員会集中審議は欠席した。林氏は自宅で療養している。
　林氏は３１日、２０２２年度補正予算を審議した参院予算委員会に出席。その後、参院本会議場で岸田文雄首相と短時間接触している。松野博一官房長官は１日の記者会見で、「首相を含む官邸・外務省関係者に濃厚接触者はいない」と説明した。
　閣僚の感染確認は野田聖子少子化担当相、古川禎久法相に続いて３人目。（2022/06/01-16:34）

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said the same day.
   Hayashi was the third Japanese cabinet member to have been confirmed with the virus, after Seiko Noda, minister in charge of measures against the declining birthrate, and Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa.
   Hayashi complained of a sore throat on Wednesday morning and took a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test later in the day. He skipped the day's House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting and is currently recovering at home.
   At a press conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that none of officials at the prime minister's office or the Foreign Ministry had had close contact with Hayashi recently.
   On Tuesday, Hayashi attended a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting and later briefly interacted with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.