緊急宣言、全国発令も　日本医師会の中川会長「既に医療崩壊」―新型コロナ

　日本医師会の中川俊男会長は６日の定例記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大で政府が東京都と埼玉、千葉、神奈川３県への緊急事態宣言を７日に決める方針であることについて、「今後の状況次第では全国的な発令も考えなければならない」と述べた。医療現場では新型コロナ対応で通常医療との両立が困難になっていると指摘し、「現実は既に医療崩壊だ」と強い危機感を示した。（2021/01/06-17:44）

Toshio Nakagawa, president of the Japan Medical Association, demanded Wednesday that the government consider declaring a state of coronavirus emergency for the whole of the country.
   While welcoming the government's plan to issue a state of emergency in Tokyo and three nearby prefectures on Thursday, Nakagawa told a regular press conference that the government "must think about a nationwide issuance."
   Although the situation in Tokyo, where a record 1,591 new coronavirus cases were confirmed Wednesday, "is very serious, I think everyone feels (the emergency declaration) should not be limited to the capital and the three prefectures," he said.
   Also pointing out that now doctors and nurses are too busy handing COVID-19 patients to take care of other patients, Nakagawa stressed that the medical system "has actually collapsed" in the country.
   The head of the leading doctors' association also proposed that all lawmakers refrain from dining out during the emergency period to set an example.