政府、緊急事態宣言へ情勢分析　東京の新型コロナ感染１００人超えで

　安倍晋三首相は４日、首相官邸で加藤勝信厚生労働相、菅義偉官房長官、西村康稔経済再生担当相らと新型コロナウイルスへの対応を協議した。東京都で新たに確認された１日当たりの感染者数が初めて１００人を超え緊張感が高まっており、緊急事態宣言の可否を含め最新情勢を分析したとみられる。
　協議は午後４時すぎから１時間余り行われた。西村明宏、岡田直樹、杉田和博各官房副長官や今井尚哉首相補佐官、新型コロナウイルス感染症対策推進室の樽見英樹室長らが同席した。（2020/04/04-23:21）

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other senior Japanese government officials met on Saturday to discuss the current situation over the coronavirus outbreak in the country, apparently including whether a state of emergency should be declared.
   The government is increasingly alarmed as the daily number of confirmed infection cases in Tokyo exceeded 100 for the first time on the day, informed sources said.
   The meeting, held at the prime minister's office for about an hour from shortly past 4 p.m. (7 a.m. GMT), was attended by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, health minister Katsunobu Kato and economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura.
   Also present at the meeting were three deputy chief cabinet secretaries--Akihiro Nishimura, Naoki Okada and Kazuhiro Sugita--as well as Takaya Imai, adviser to the prime minister, and Hideki Tarumi, head of the office for the promotion of coronavirus measures at the Cabinet Secretariat.
   Abe separately met with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso for about an hour, apparently for discussions on an emergency economic stimulus package that the government plans to compile in response to the coronavirus pandemic.