緊急事態宣言、段階的に解除も　中間評価受け検討―西村担当相

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は４日、衆院議院運営委員会に出席し、新型コロナウイルス感染症の緊急事態宣言延長から１～２週間後に行う専門家の中間評価の結果次第で、一部地域で先行的に宣言の解除もあり得るとの認識を示した。（2020/05/04-14:36）

The Japanese government may partially lift its state of emergency over the coronavirus depending on results of an interim assessment, economic and fiscal policy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Monday.
   Nishimura made the comments at a meeting of the House of Representatives steering committee where he briefed lawmakers on the government's plan to extend the nationwide state of emergency through May 31.
   Experts commissioned by the government are set to make an interim assessment of the effects of restrictions imposed to contain the virus in about one to two weeks following the extension.
   The state of emergency is set to expire on Wednesday. The government declared the emergency on April 7 initially for Tokyo and six other prefectures and expanded it to the whole country nine days later.