第７波の対応提示を　新型コロナで緊急建議―全国知事会

　全国知事会議が２８日、奈良市で開幕した。新型コロナウイルスの感染「第７波」を受け、新たな対策や方針を示すよう国に求める「緊急建議」を全会一致で採択。感染力が強いとされるオミクロン株の派生型「ＢＡ．５」の特性を踏まえ、各自治体が柔軟に対策を講じることができる体制づくりを訴えた。
　知事会の平井伸治会長（鳥取県知事）は「デルタ株などを前提とした対策から脱却してもらう必要がある」と強調。飲食店への営業時間短縮要請などを中心とした従来の対策では第７波への対応は困難だとの見方を示した。
　緊急建議は、学校や保育所、高齢者施設などの感染拡大防止に向け、各知事が多様な対策を選択できる仕組みの構築を国に要請。まん延防止等重点措置の適用に至らない場合でも、自治体への財政支援などを拡充するよう訴えた。（2022/07/28-19:25）

Japanese prefectural governors urged the central government Thursday to work out new measures and policies tailored to responding to the highly contagious BA.5 omicron coronavirus variant.
   The request was included in an emergency set of proposals, which was compiled in the face of the seventh COVID-19 infection wave in Japan and was adopted unanimously by those attending a two-day meeting of the National Governors' Association from Thursday.
   The governors also called for financial support from the state for infection prevention measures introduced by local governments.
   At the meeting, held in the western Japan city of Nara, Shinji Hirai, governor of Tottori Prefecture and president of the association, questioned whether Japan should be implementing the same COVID-19 measures as before in responding to the spread of the BA.5 variant.
   "The country needs to break away from measures devised for tackling the spread of the delta or other previous variants," he said.