大阪府に自衛隊看護師ら派遣　１５日から医療支援開始―防衛省

　防衛省は１１日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大に伴い医療体制が逼迫（ひっぱく）している大阪府に、陸上自衛隊中部方面隊の看護師（看護官）ら７人を派遣すると発表した。大阪府の吉村洋文知事からの要請を受理し、自衛隊法に基づく災害派遣として実施する。
　同省統合幕僚監部によると、派遣期間は１５～２８日。１５日に運用を開始する臨時医療施設「大阪コロナ重症センター」（大阪市）と、「大阪府立中河内救命救急センター」（大阪府東大阪市）で、医師の診療補助や人工呼吸器の管理、検温などの医療支援を行う。（2020/12/11-19:50）

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces will send seven nurses on Tuesday to Osaka Prefecture, which has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus, the Defense Ministry said Friday.
   The dispatch comes in response to a request from Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of the western prefecture, where medical capacity has been strained due to the spread of the virus.
   The Ground SDF nurses will stay in Osaka until Dec. 28 to support doctors and handle ventilators on a disaster response mission under the SDF law.
   They will work at a new temporary facility for severely ill coronavirus patients set to open on Tuesday in the city of Osaka and at a hospital in Higashiosaka.
   "The SDF will make the most of its capability to support the government's efforts to prevent severely ill cases and deaths as much as possible," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told a press conference.