政府、中国浙江省からの入国拒否検討　新型肺炎感染拡大受け対象追加

　政府は新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防ぐための入国拒否について、中国湖北省に滞在歴のある外国人に加え、浙江省に滞在した外国人も対象とする方向で検討に入った。政府関係者が１１日、明らかにした。浙江省でも感染が広がっていることを受けて判断した。
　安倍晋三首相は１１日、菅義偉官房長官や加藤勝信厚生労働相、各省幹部を首相官邸に集め、新型ウイルスに関する最新の状況を聴取。週内に取りまとめる緊急対策についても協議した。自民党は入国拒否の対象地域拡大を緊急対策に盛り込むよう提言している。（2020/02/11-17:07）

The Japanese government is considering expanding the coverage of its entry ban to also include foreigners who have been to the eastern China province of Zhejiang in response to the spreading outbreak of pneumonia blamed on the new coronavirus originating in the country, it was learned Tuesday.
   Tokyo is studying the expansion as the number of patients is increasing in Zhejiang, government sources said.
   From Feb. 1, Japan started to refuse in principle the entry by foreigners who have stayed in the inland China province of Hubei, including its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of the viral outbreak, within past two weeks and by those having Chinese passports issued by the Hubei provincial government.
   Foreign passengers on the Westerdam cruise ship, which has departed from Hong Kong, were added last Friday to the list of people to be denied entry to Japan.
   On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato and senior officials from relevant ministries and agencies to get updates on the new coronavirus.