全数把握、３県が見直し　３１日開始―新型コロナ

　全ての新型コロナウイルス感染者の氏名などを確認する「全数把握」の見直しをめぐり、宮城県の村井嘉浩知事は２６日、国に見直しを申請する方針を決めた。茨城県の大井川和彦知事も同日、同様の方針を発表。鳥取県の平井伸治知事も適用を求める考えを示した。３県とも２９日までに申請し、３１日から運用を始める。
　岸田文雄首相が見直し方針を発表した２４日以降、自治体が実施を判断したのは初めてとみられる。佐賀県も時期は未定だが申請を決めた。（2022/08/26-21:49）

The Japanese government is planning to end detailed reporting on every COVID-19 case throughout the country as early as mid-September, government sources said Friday.
   The government will require only cases involving people with higher risks of developing severe symptoms to be reported in detail.
   Only on Wednesday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that prefectural governments would be allowed to decide whether to adopt the narrower scope for detailed reporting, on condition that they keep counting the daily number of new cases.
   Some prefectures including Miyagi, Ibaraki and Tottori have decided to adopt the narrower reporting scope, in hopes to reduce burdens on medical institutions and local authorities amid the seventh wave of COVID-19 infections in Japan.
   However, many prefectural governors criticized Kishida's policy of leaving the decision up to prefectural governments, and called for unifying reporting rules across the country.