北海道、ＧｏＴｏ除外も　政府、コロナ分科会提言踏まえ

　加藤勝信官房長官は９日の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルス感染者数が増加している北海道について、政府の対策分科会提言に沿って観光支援事業「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　トラベル」の対象外とする可能性に言及した。
　加藤氏は「（感染者が急増する）ステージ３相当と判断された場合は、当該都道府県の除外を検討するよう提言をもらった。政府としては提言に沿って対応していきたい」と述べた。（2020/11/09-20:49）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato on Monday hinted at the possibility of the government excluding Hokkaido from its Go To Travel tourism promotion campaign due to a surge in novel coronavirus cases in the northernmost Japan prefecture.
   An expert panel on coronavirus crisis response has proposed that the government consider removing from the tourism industry support scheme prefectures in which the epidemic reaches Stage 3, the second-worst level of the panel's four-stage evaluation system on the spread of the virus, Kato told a press conference.
   "The government wants to respond on the basis of the proposal," he said. Prefectures with a rapid increase in infections are considered to be in Stage 3.
   The Go To Travel campaign, which began in late July, initially excluded trips to and from Tokyo due to a surge in infection cases in the Japanese capital. Tokyo was added to the program at the start of October.
   On Sunday, Japan hosted a gymnastics competition, the first international sports event held in the country since the coronavirus started to spread. "Based on the state of domestic and international sports competitions, including the latest gymnastics event, we would like to advance preparations to hold (the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games) safely and securely," the top government spokesman said.