小池都知事、１カ月で「新規感染５００人」　３連休はステイホーム

　東京都の小池百合子知事は８日の定例記者会見で、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に伴う政府の緊急事態宣言について、２月７日の期限までに都内の１日当たりの新規感染を５００人程度にまで抑える目標を示した。都の新規感染が２日連続で２０００人超を記録する中、「この難局を乗り越えるためにはさらなる協力が不可欠。３連休はステイホームをお願いしたい」と訴えた。（2021/01/08-17:31）

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Friday the metropolitan government aims to lower the daily number of new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital to around 500 by Feb. 7, the final day of the fresh state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area over the epidemic.
   Tokyo confirmed more than 2,000 new infection cases for the second straight day on Friday. "Further cooperation is necessary for us to overcome the difficult situation," Koike told a regular press conference. "I ask residents to stay home during the three-day holiday through Monday."
   The Japanese government put Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa under the fresh state of emergency on Friday, due to spikes in new infection cases in the prefectures.
   At a parliamentary meeting on Thursday, economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who leads the central government's efforts to deal with the health crisis, suggested that the government will consider lifting the virus emergency for Tokyo if the daily infection number falls to around 500.
   Tokyo previously saw its daily number stand around 500 in mid-December. If the daily count falls to around 500 as a result of efforts such as people refraining from going out and restaurants and others shortening operating hours, it would be less difficult to secure hospital beds for coronavirus patients and take necessary countermeasures, Koike said.