医療従事者慰労金、再給付を　立憲など法案提出―新型コロナ

　立憲民主、共産、国民民主、社民４党は１８日、新型コロナウイルス対策に従事している医療機関や福祉施設の医師、看護師、職員らに最大で２０万円の慰労金を再給付する法案を衆院に共同提出した。給付対象は保育所や幼稚園の職員、薬局の薬剤師にも拡大する。
　法案名は「コロナ対応医療従事者等慰労金法案」。政府は２０２０年度第２次補正予算で医師らへの給付を行ったが、期間は昨年６月までだった。拡大後の支給対象者は約２４５万人、必要な財源は２７００億円程度を見込む。（2021/01/18-18:10）

Four Japanese opposition parties have jointly introduced a bill to again provide medical and other workers with bonuses for their services in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
   The bill calls for giving up to 200,000 yen, or about 1,930 dollars, to doctors, nurses and others responding to the pandemic at medical and welfare institutions.
   The bill was submitted to the House of Representatives on Monday by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, the Democratic Party for the People and the Social Democratic Party.
   The number of workers eligible for the proposed bonuses is estimated at about 2.45 million, while the bonuses are expected to total around 270 billion yen.
   The fresh bonuses would be available to childcare center and nursery school staffs and pharmacists, in addition to those who received the previous such bonuses, which were paid by the government last year under its second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020.