新型コロナ感染急拡大「第７波入った」　２週間後１．５万人も―東京都会議

　東京都は７日、新型コロナウイルスのモニタリング会議を開いた。専門家は、オミクロン株の新系統「ＢＡ．５」への置き換わりなどにより感染が急拡大し、「第７波に入ったと考えられる」と指摘した。現在のペースで感染が広がると、２週間後には新規陽性者数が１万５０００人を超えるとの推計も提示。２０、３０代へのワクチン接種を加速する必要があると訴えた。
　小池百合子知事は会議で「第６波の経験を踏まえ、都民の命を守り社会経済活動を維持するために先手先手で取り組む」と述べた。（2022/07/07-18:00）

Tokyo is believed to have entered a seventh wave of COVID-19 infections, led by a rapid spread of the new BA.5 omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, experts said Thursday.
   If the current pace continues, Tokyo's daily count is projected to reach some 15,500 in two weeks and 54,900 in four weeks, according to an estimate shown by the experts at a Tokyo metropolitan government meeting.
   They underlined the need to accelerate inoculations among people in their 20s and 30s.
   "Based on the experience from the sixth wave, we'll act pre-emptively to protect the lives of Tokyo residents and maintain social and economic activities," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told the meeting for monitoring the COVID-19 situation.
   The seven-day average of new infections in the Japanese capital as of Wednesday stood at 4,395.3, up 1.9-fold from a week before.