札幌、一時停止受け入れへ　ＧｏＴｏ、新型コロナ感染拡大で―北海道

　北海道は２３日、新型コロナウイルスの感染が急拡大している札幌市について、政府の観光支援事業「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　トラベル」の一時停止を受け入れる方針を固めた。道と市の幹部が一時停止に関する協議を始めており、国が決定した場合のキャンセル料の対応などの要望を調整しているとみられる。
　札幌市では１０月下旬から、クラスター（感染者集団）が相次いで発生するなど感染が拡大。連日、１００人を超える新規感染者が確認され、市内の医療提供体制は逼迫（ひっぱく）しつつある。（2020/11/23-11:53）

The northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido plans to suspend the implementation of the Go To Travel campaign for its capital Sapporo, which is seeing a spike in coronavirus infection cases, in line with a central government policy of temporarily halting its demand-stimulating schemes related to the epidemic in some areas, it was learned Monday.
   Senior officials of the prefectural government and the municipal government of Sapporo have started talks on the matter, apparently discussing possible requests they would make to the state, such as on the handling of travel cancellation fees.
   In Sapporo, infections began to increase rapidly in late October, with a number of cluster cases reported. As more than 100 people have been newly confirmed positive for the virus in Sapporo a day recently, the medical system in the city has been increasingly tight.
   Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki has raised the prefecture's own coronavirus alert to Level 4 from Level 3 for Sapporo.
   The prefecture has requested Sapporo residents to refrain from outings and trips outside of the city for nonessential purposes and residents in areas other than Sapporo not to make nonurgent trips to the city if the risk of infection is deemed unavoidable. Eating and drinking establishments in the Susukino entertainment district in Sapporo have been asked to shorten operating hours, among other measures.