通所・短期入所施設、休業増　サービス維持を再通知―厚労省

　厚生労働省は２４日、新型コロナウイルスに伴う政府の緊急事態宣言が全国に拡大された後の介護施設の休業状況を公表した。利用者が日帰りで通う「通所・短期入所型」は８５８カ所（１３～１９日）と、全体の１．１３％が休業。拡大前（６～１２日）の５０３カ所から大幅に増えた。
　同省は、介護は利用者や家族の生活を守るために必要なサービスだとして、感染防止策を徹底した上で施設の運営をできる限り継続するよう改めて通知した。
　８５８カ所のうち、感染拡大を懸念した自主的な休業が８４３カ所と大半を占め、「都道府県の要請」が２カ所、「学校などの休業に伴う人手不足」が１３カ所だった。（2020/04/24-19:48）

More day care and short-stay facilities for the elderly have shut as the government expanded the state of emergency over the coronavirus crisis nationwide April 16, the health ministry has said.
   Those suspended during the week through Sunday numbered 858, accounting for 1.13 pct of the total day care and short-stay facilities across Japan, the ministry said Friday.
   The number increased from 503 facilities a week before.
   Of the 858, 843 suspended their operations voluntarily out of concerns about COVID-19 infection. Two facilities followed prefectural government requests, and the remaining 13 cited labor shortages that intensified following school closures.
   The ministry is asking providers of the services to try to keep their facilities open as much as possible.