オンライン診療で規制緩和指示　安倍首相「思い切った措置を」―経済財政諮問会議

　政府は３１日、経済財政諮問会議（議長・安倍晋三首相）を開き、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受けて取りまとめを目指す緊急経済対策などを議論した。安倍首相は「医師、看護師を院内感染リスクから守るためにもオンライン診療を活用していくことが重要」と強調。遠隔教育なども含め規制緩和策を検討するよう関係閣僚に指示した。
　首相は「財政、金融、税制を総動員して思い切った措置を講ずる」よう強調した。（2020/03/31-21:05）

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday instructed other ministers to consider easing regulations to expand the use of online diagnosis and treatment as the novel coronavirus is raging.
   "It's important to use online medical diagnosis and treatment to protect doctors and nurses from the risk of infections at hospitals," Abe told a meeting of the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.
   He also called for deregulation to promote remote education.
   "We'll take bold steps by utilizing all fiscal, monetary and tax measures that will be available," Abe told the meeting, where emergency economic measures were discussed.
   A council member from the private sector said the output gap, or the difference between an economy's aggregate demand and supply capacity, may have expanded to 20 trillion yen in January-March.