テレワーク強化、経済界に要請　西村再生相「一段と踏み込んで」

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は８日午前、緊急事態宣言の再発令を受け、経団連と日本商工会議所、経済同友会の経済３団体にテレワーク実施の強化を要請した。３団体とのテレビ会議で「桁違いに感染が広がり、医療の逼迫（ひっぱく）度合いも厳しい。昨年春の緊急事態宣言時よりもさらに一段と踏み込んでお願いしたい」と訴えた。
　新型コロナウイルス感染急拡大を抑えるため、政府が東京、神奈川など１都３県を対象に再発令した緊急事態宣言では、事業者に対しテレワークなどを通じた出勤者数の７割削減を要請。不要不急の外出自粛徹底のため、事業継続に必要な場合を除いて午後８時以降の勤務を抑制することも求めた。会議で西村氏は「都道府県をまたぐ出張も慎重に判断してほしい」と呼び掛けた。（2021/01/08-11:38）

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Friday called on the business community to further promote telework, after the government declared a fresh coronavirus state of emergency for the Tokyo metropolitan area, where infection cases are rsurging.
   "Novel coronavirus infections have been spreading incomparably fast, and the country's health care system has been under severe pressure," he said in a videoconference with the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai.
   "We ask you to go further than when you did during the first state of emergency over the novel coronavirus last spring," Nishimura, who leads the government's fight against the epidemic, added.
   Under the fresh state of emergency for Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, which went into effect Friday and will last until Feb. 7, the government is requesting businesses to reduce the number of commuting workers by 70 pct, including through the use of telework. Companies are also being asked not to have their employees work after 8 p.m. unless such duty is necessary for the continuation of their operations, in order to ensure that people do not go out for nonessential reasons at night.
   At the online meeting, Nishimura also called for careful consideration about business trips across prefectural borders.