自宅で検査、ネットで陽性登録　医療機関の負担軽減―東京都

　新型コロナウイルスの感染「第７波」に対応するため、東京都は症状のある人が自宅で検査し、インターネット上で陽性登録できる仕組みを来月３日から導入する。検査キットの申請から保健所への陽性登録まで全ての手続きがオンラインのみで完結する。小池百合子知事は２９日の記者会見で「都民の不安を速やかに解消することにつながる」と強調した。
　新規感染者がかつてない勢いで増え、発熱外来の対応が追い付かなくなる中、相談・検査体制を維持しつつ、医療機関の負担軽減につなげるのが狙いだ。当面は重症化リスクの低い２０代を対象に実施し、徐々に他の年代にも拡大していく。（2022/07/29-16:09）

Amid the seventh COVID-19 infection wave in Japan, the Tokyo metropolitan government will introduce on Wednesday a system in which people displaying COVID-19 symptoms can self-test at home and register their results online if they test positive.
   The system is aimed at easing the burden on medical institutions at a time when COVID-19 infections are spreading faster than before in the Japanese capital.
   The metropolitan government plans to make the self-testing and registration system available to people in their 20s, who have a lower risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms than other age groups, for the time being before gradually expanding the availability to cover other age groups.
   The new system "will help residents resolve their concerns swiftly," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told a press conference on Friday.
   Applications for antigen test kits will be accepted through the metropolitan government's website from Monday. About 50,000 to 70,000 test kits a day will be prepared. Test kits, if applied for in the morning, are expected to be delivered the following day.