米中韓からの入国拒否へ　新型コロナ、欧州も範囲拡大―政府調整

　政府は３０日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受け、米国、中国、韓国からの入国を拒否する調整に入った。出入国管理法に基づく措置で、過去２週間以内にこれらの国に滞在した外国人が対象。欧州のほぼ全域や、ブラジルなど南米の一部の国も対象に加える方向で検討している。
　菅義偉官房長官は記者会見で「世界的なさらなる感染拡大を防ぎ、感染者の流入を防ぐ観点から、今後も必要に応じて適切な水際対策をしっかり講じていく」と強調した。
　中韓両国の一部地域は既に入国拒否対象に指定されており、これを全土に拡大する。米国からの入国・帰国者に対しては２６日以降、指定場所での２週間待機を求める措置を実施しているが、「米本土で感染者数が急増している」（外務省幹部）として入国拒否へ踏み込む。（2020/03/30-19:07）

The Japanese government is considering refusing entry by non-Japanese people arriving from the United States, China and South Korea in response to the coronavirus pandemic, informed sources said Monday.
   Based on the immigration control law, Japan will deny entry by foreigners who have been to any of the three countries in the past two weeks. The government is also considering adding almost all of Europe and some South American countries, such as Brazil, to the list of nations subject to the entry ban, the sources said.
   "Japan will continue to steadily take appropriate border measures as needed in order to prevent the further spread of the virus worldwide and prevent entry by infected people into Japan," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference on Monday.
   Japan, which has already introduced the entry ban for travelers from some regions of China and South Korea, will expand the measure to cover all areas of the two neighboring countries.
   Since Thursday, Japan has been asking all travelers from the United States, including Japanese nationals, to stay at designated places for two weeks. But Tokyo now sees the need to refuse entry by foreigners from the United States, where infection cases are surging, a senior official of Japan's Foreign Ministry said.