安倍首相、大阪・沖縄もコロナ警戒　岸田氏、雇用助成金の延長検討―自民党役員会

　安倍晋三首相は４日の自民党役員会で、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に関し、「東京だけでなく大阪や沖縄の状況を日々注視し、警戒している」と述べ、対策に全力を挙げる考えを強調した。「社会経済活動との両立を進めていきたい」とも語った。
　同役員会で、岸田文雄政調会長は休業手当を支払った企業に支給される雇用調整助成金の特例措置について、「期限延長を検討する」と表明した。感染拡大を受け、上限額が１人１日当たり１万５０００円に引き上げられているが、９月末に期限を迎える。（2020/08/04-12:14）

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that the government is closely watching the spread of novel coronavirus infections in the western and southern prefectures of Osaka and Okinawa, respectively.
   "We're staying on alert while closely watching the situations in Osaka and Okinawa, as well as in Tokyo," Abe said at a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party executives.
   "We'll proceed with balancing social and economic activities" and measures to curb infections, the prime minister also said.
   LDP policy chief Fumio Kishida, meanwhile, said the party will consider extending a special measure on employment adjustment subsidies for companies that have paid leave allowances to their employees.
   Amid the coronavirus epidemic, the maximum amount of the subsidies has been raised to 15,000 yen per employee a day. This measure will expire at the end of September.