ワクチン・検査で行動制限回避　コロナと「併存」探る―第７波対策

　政府は１５日、新型コロナウイルス感染症対策本部を首相官邸で開き、「第７波」と指摘される感染再拡大への対応方針を決定した。高齢者らへのワクチン接種や無料検査の取り組みを強化。経済活動への打撃となる行動制限を避けつつ、感染対策に万全を期す。感染症法上の位置付けの再検討なども視野に、新型コロナとの「併存」を探る。
　岸田文雄首相は同本部会合で、「最大限の警戒を保ちつつ、社会経済活動の回復に取り組む」と表明。行動制限については「現時点では考えていない」と説明した。対応方針では、「新型コロナウイルスと併存しつつ平時への移行を慎重に進める」と明記した。
　対策の柱は、ワクチン接種の促進と検査体制の強化だ。首相は、高齢者らへの４回目接種を急ぐとともに、医療従事者や高齢者施設職員も対象に加える考えを示した。（2022/07/15-18:46）

The Japanese government Friday adopted measures to fight what appears the country's COVID-19 seventh wave, aiming to curb infections without restricting business or other activities.
   The measures include promoting the administration of fourth shots of COVID-19 vaccines to elderly people, boosting free-of-charge coronavirus testing capacity at railway stations and airports and making sure that effective ventilations are made inside buildings.
   "We are not considering movement restrictions at this juncture," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a meeting of the government's coronavirus task force at which the measures were adopted. "We'll stay on maximum alert and work for the recovery of social and economic activities."
   The government's coronavirus response policy endorsed at the meeting said Japan will "conduct a transition to normal carefully while pursuing coexistence with the novel coronavirus."
   At a press conference after the meeting, economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa called for using free-of-charge coronavirus testing services before and after visiting parents' homes during the summer holiday season.