西村経済再生担当相、緊急事態宣言解除の数値基準を公表へ　大阪府に「強い違和感」

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は６日の記者会見で、緊急事態宣言解除の判断に関し、「数値基準について専門家と議論を進めている。近く示したい」と述べた。具体的には、新型コロナウイルスの新規感染者数や感染経路が不明な患者数、ＰＣＲ検査の件数などが判断材料になるとの考えを示した。
　大阪府が外出自粛や休業要請の段階的解除に向けた独自基準を発表したことに関しては、「国が（解除基準を）示さないから大阪が示すと（吉村洋文知事が）述べたと承知している」とした上で、「強い違和感」を表明。「都道府県の権限を増やしてほしいと主張しながら、『国が（休業解除の）基準を示してくれない』と言うのは大きな矛盾だ。仕組みを勘違いしているのではないか」と指摘した。
　これに対し、吉村知事はツイッターで「休業要請の解除基準を国に示してほしいという思いも意図もない。今後は発信を気をつける。ご迷惑をおかけした」と投稿。西村氏もツイッターで「早く収束させたい思いは同じ。しっかり連携して取り組みたい」と応じた。（2020/05/07-00:51）

The Japanese government will announce shortly numerical criteria on lifting its state of emergency declaration over the novel coronavirus pandemic, economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura has said.
   "We are in talks with experts" on the matter, Nishimura said at a press conference on Wednesday, indicating that the numerical criteria will possibly include the number of newly confirmed infection cases, that of carriers of the virus for whom infection routes are unidentified and that of polymerase chain reaction tests conducted to detect possible infections with the virus that causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
   On Tuesday, the prefectural government of Osaka, western Japan, announced its own criteria for lifting its requests for businesses to temporarily shut and for people to refrain from going out.
   On this, Nishimura commented, "I understand that (Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura) said the prefectural government has come up with the criteria because the central government has failed to show conditions for lifting (the state of emergency declaration)." The minister also said that "I strongly feel there is something wrong" with Yoshimura's remarks.
   "It is inconsistent to claim that the central government hasn't shown conditions for removing the emergency declaration while calling on it to give greater autonomy to prefectural governments," Nishimura said.