１２５４施設が避難所検討　ホテルなど、新型コロナ対応―政府

　政府は１６日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受け、全国のホテル、旅館など宿泊施設のうち１２５４カ所が、災害時の避難所として住民を受け入れるための検討を進めていると発表した。
　新型コロナの感染拡大で、避難所での「３密」対策が課題となっている。政府は４月、大規模な自然災害が起きた際、より多くの避難所を確保できるよう、日本ホテル協会などに宿泊施設活用への協力を呼び掛けていた。（2020/06/16-12:50）

A total of 1,254 hotels and other accommodation facilities in Japan are considering giving shelter to local residents if a major natural disaster occurs amid the COVID-19 epidemic, the government revealed on Tuesday.
   The move comes in response to the government's call on the Japan Hotel Association and others for cooperation to secure more places for disaster evacuation, in order to prevent close contact among evacuees.
   "We need to increase the number of evacuation shelters," disaster management minister Ryota Takeda told a press conference on Tuesday.
   In the event of a major natural disaster amid the epidemic, municipal governments will reserve rooms at hotels and other facilities for evacuees, with room charges to be covered by the central government, according to the Cabinet Office.
   The rooms would be assigned to those in need of assistance, including elderly and disabled people, as well as pregnant women, on a priority basis.