新型肺炎、入国拒否５人　検査キットの開発着手―政府

　菅義偉官房長官は３日の記者会見で、中国湖北省武漢市を中心に拡大している新型コロナウイルスによる肺炎への対策として１日から実施した入国管理強化策について、同日時点で５人の入国を拒否したことを明らかにした。
　政府は当面の措置として、感染の有無にかかわらず(1)入国申請日前１４日以内に湖北省滞在歴がある外国人(2)湖北省発行の中国旅券所持者―の入国を原則拒否する対応を取っている。
　安倍晋三首相は３日の衆院予算委員会で、国内での感染拡大防止策に関し「民間機関との連携も視野に、簡易検査キットの開発にも既に着手した」と明らかにした。自民党の岸田文雄政調会長への答弁。（2020/02/03-12:15）

Japan refused the entry of five foreign nationals on Saturday in accordance with a measure, implemented the same day, to strengthen immigration controls amid the spread of a new coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday.
   Under the measure, the Japanese government in principle will refuse entry by foreign nationals with records of being in China's Hubei Province within 14 days of their application to enter Japan and holders of Chinese passports issued by the province.
   Hubei is the home province of Wuhan, where the virus originated.
   At the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the government "has already launched efforts to develop a simple test kit (to detect the new coronavirus), with cooperation with private institutions in sight."
   "The Cabinet Secretariat is leading the implementation of countermeasures beyond ministry and agency boundaries," Abe said. "We'd like to enhance our crisis management capabilities further by conducting constant reviews (of our systems)."