米全土を不要不急の渡航中止に　外務省、感染症危険情報引き上げ

　外務省は２２日、新型コロナウイルス感染症の拡大を受けて、米国全土の感染症危険情報をレベル２の「不要不急の渡航中止」に引き上げた。同省は渡航者や在留邦人らに対して「感染のさらなる拡大や行動制限措置強化の可能性も念頭に、最新情報の収集と感染予防に万全」を期すよう呼び掛けた。
　外務省によると、米国内での感染例は２１日時点で１万５２１９人（うち死亡は２０１人）と拡大。トランプ大統領が１３日に国家非常事態宣言を発出している。（2020/03/22-14:30）

Japan's Foreign Ministry has raised its travel alert for the United States to Level 2, urging citizens to avoid nonessential trips to anywhere in the country, in response to the spread of the new coronavirus there.
   Issuing the new travel advisory on Sunday, the ministry called on people planning to make trips to the United States and those currently in the country to try to obtain up-to-date information and take full measures so as not to get the virus in light of the possibilities of infections spreading further there and the U.S. government imposing stronger restrictions on the movement of people.
   According to the ministry, the number of people infected with the coronavirus in the United States stood at 15,219 as of Saturday, 201 of whom have died. U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on March 13 over the virus.
   Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel notice for Japan to Level 3, the highest on its warning system, calling on people to avoid all nonessential trips to the Asian country.
   On Thursday, the U.S. Department of State raised its alert to the highest Level 4, urging U.S. nationals not to travel abroad, including Japan.