新型コロナ検査態勢、１日２万件目指す　同時流行に備え大幅拡充―大阪府

　大阪府の吉村洋文知事は２５日、冬場の新型コロナウイルスとインフルエンザの同時流行に備え、新型コロナの検査態勢を現在の６倍近くに増やし、来年１月をめどに１日最大２万件を目指す方針を明らかにした。地元のかかりつけ医でも検査できるよう、府内の医師会などと協議を進めており、１１月ごろから検査件数を拡充していく。
　府庁内で記者団の取材に答えた。新型コロナとインフルエンザの初期症状は似ており、今後急増が見込まれる新型コロナの検査希望者に対応する。（2020/09/25-17:44）

Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said Friday that the western Japan prefecture plans to boost its novel coronavirus testing regime to some six times the current capacity by next January.
   The prefecture will aim for up to 20,000 tests per day, Yoshimura told reporters, adding that it is in talks with local medical associations to allow tests to be conducted by primary care doctors to expand its testing regime from around November.
   The move reflects concerns about a simultaneous surge in infections of the coronavirus and influenza in the winter. As the initial symptoms of the diseases are similar, the prefecture expects a spike in the number of people wishing to take coronavirus detection tests.
   Osaka is currently capable of administering up to 3,500 tests a day through polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests and antigen tests, so the target number of daily tests is 5.7 times the current capacity.
   Judging from the number of patients with fevers during the previous influenza season, the prefecture determined that a testing regime with a capability of at least 20,000 tests a day would be necessary during the peak of infections.