東京都、「休業協力金」５月支給開始　補正予算が成立―新型コロナ

　新型コロナウイルスの緊急対策費を盛り込んだ東京都の２０２０年度補正予算が２２日の都議会本会議で可決、成立した。総額３５７４億円で、休業要請などに応じた事業者に支給する「感染拡大防止協力金」に９６０億円を充てる。都は同日から申請を受け付け、５月上旬に支給を開始する方針だ。
　協力金は、都の要請を受けて休業したナイトクラブやカラオケボックスなどのほか、営業時間の短縮に応じた飲食店が対象となる。４月１６日から５月６日までの２１日間休業などをした場合、最大１００万円を支給する。支給先は約１３万事業者に上る見込みだ。
　小池百合子知事は本会議後、報道陣の取材に「みんな苦しい中だが協力し合い、外出自粛を全体でやることによって一日も早くウイルスを抑え込めればと考えている」と述べた。（2020/04/22-15:16）

The Tokyo assembly on Wednesday passed the metropolitan government's fiscal 2020 extra budget including 96 billion yen for aid to businesses that follow its requests to suspend operations or shorten operating hours amid the coronavirus epidemic.
   The metropolitan government began accepting applications for the aid the same day, aiming to start distributing the money in early May. The extra budget for the year that began this month, which was approved at a plenary meeting of the metropolitan assembly, totals 357.4 billion yen.
   Nightclubs, karaoke parlors and other facilities that have temporarily closed, and eateries that are shortening their operating hours in line with the requests, are eligible for the aid. Businesses that suspend operations for 21 days from Thursday last week through May 6 can receive a maximum of one million yen.
   Up to 130,000 businesses are expected to get the aid.
   "I expect we can contain the virus as quickly as possible, as each and every one of us cooperates during this difficult time and refrains from going out," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told reporters after the budget was passed.