感染拡大で「医療非常事態宣言」　高齢者に外出自粛要請―大阪府

　大阪府は２７日、新型コロナウイルスの感染「第７波」で医療提供体制が逼迫（ひっぱく）しているとして、「医療非常事態宣言」を発令した。重症化リスクが高い高齢者に対し、２８日から８月２７日まで買い物や運動などを除く不要不急の外出の自粛を求める。飲食店への営業時間短縮要請などは行わない。
　府内では新型コロナの新規感染者数が１万～２万人台の日が続き、２７日時点の病床使用率は５２．０％に達した。吉村洋文知事は、２７日の定例記者会見で「ワクチン接種など一人ひとりの基本的な感染対策を徹底してほしい。特にリスクの高い高齢者を守りたい」と述べた。医療非常事態宣言は今年２月８日以来、４回目。（2022/07/27-19:20）

The prefectural government of Osaka, western Japan, on Wednesday declared a medical state of emergency amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the seventh wave of infections.
   The prefecture will urge elderly people with high risks of developing severe symptoms to refrain from unnecessary travel, excluding shopping and exercise, between Thursday and Aug. 27.
   But it will not urge restaurants and bars to shorten their operating hours. It is the fourth medical state of emergency in Osaka, and the first since Feb. 8.
   Daily COVID-19 cases have been around 10,000 to 20,000 in the prefecture in recent days, putting its medical system under strain. The occupancy rate of hospital beds reached 52.0 pct on Wednesday.
   "I want everyone to take basic precautions such as vaccinations thoroughly," Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura told a press conference. "I especially want to protect elderly people at high risk."