臨時の重症者センター設置へ　全国初、想定外備え―大阪府

　大阪府の吉村洋文知事は１日の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの想定外の感染拡大に備え、重症者を受け入れる臨時医療施設「大阪コロナ重症センター」（仮称）を設立すると発表した。府内１カ所に仮設のプレハブを建て、病床と人工呼吸器を整備。すぐに集中治療室（ＩＣＵ）として活用できる態勢を整える。全国で初めての試み。
　府はこれまで感染拡大時に重症者向け病床２１５床を確保する計画を示していたが、センター設置でさらに約６０床確保できる。設置は２年間。候補地を選び、１１月には一部完成を目指す。（2020/07/01-17:30）

The Osaka prefectural government will set up a temporary facility to treat patients with severe COVID-19, to prepare for a coronavirus outburst beyond expectation, the governor of the western Japan prefecture said Wednesday.
   The prefabricated facility without permanent medical staff, tentatively called the Osaka severe COVID-19 center, will have sickbeds and ventilators so it can offer intensive care immediately, the governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, told a press conference.
   Aiming to partially build the facility, the first of its kind in Japan, by November, the prefectural government will select the construction site early enough. It will also recruit personnel capable of working at the center, to be operated for two years, when necessary.
   With its construction, about 60 more beds will be available for severely ill patients, on top of 215 beds to be secured under the previously announced plan.
   In normal times, the prefectural government plans to use the center for medical training.