行動制限、現時点で不要　コロナ感染拡大で―日本医師会

　日本医師会は１３日、東京都内で定例記者会見を開き、釜萢敏常任理事（感染症危機管理対策担当）は新型コロナウイルスの新規感染者数が急増していることに関し、「社会、経済活動を大きく抑制しなくてはいけない事態ではない」と述べ、現時点で国民の行動制限は不要との考えを明らかにした。
　その上で「今後は自宅療養者数の増加が予想される」と指摘し、医療面のフォローアップに全力を尽くす方針を示した。（2022/07/13-17:38）

While the number of new COVID-19 cases is sharply increasing again in Japan, a Japan Medical Association executive said Wednesday that no strict COVID-19 restrictions are needed for now.
   "We're not in a situation in which authorities must greatly restrict social and economic activities," Satoshi Kamayachi, who is in charge of infectious disease crisis management at the association, told a regular news conference.
   Kamayachi said the number of patients treated at home is likely to increase from now. He indicated the association's readiness to make full efforts to provide medical support for them.
   Kichiro Matsumoto, president of the medical association, said that the number of new infection cases is predicted to grow further due chiefly to the spread of the highly contagious BA.5 omicron variant of the coronavirus.
   "We need to pay close attention also to its impact on the medical care system," he stressed, calling for taking basic infection prevention measures thoroughly and accelerating efforts to roll out a fourth round of COVID-19 vaccinations for elderly people ahead of the three-day weekend from Saturday and the summer holiday period.