Kitakyushu Elementary School Cluster Occurrence Notice of thorough physical condition confirmation by the City Board of Education

Kitakyushu Elementary School Cluster Occurrence Notification of thorough physical condition confirmation by the City Board of Education June 1 5:00

In Kitakyushu City, five children attending the same elementary school were confirmed to have been infected with the new coronavirus by 31st, and the city said that a mass infection had occurred. In addition, infections of children and students have been confirmed at other elementary and junior high schools in the city, and the city's Board of Education notifies elementary and junior high schools to thoroughly check the temperature and physical condition of the children and students. did.

In Kitakyushu City, 12 new infections were confirmed on 31st, of which 4 are children of Moritsune Elementary School in Minami-ku, Kokura.

At this elementary school, another child was confirmed to be infected on the 28th of last month, and since it is in the same class as the four students, Kitakyushu City said that a mass infection occurred at this elementary school.

In addition, in the elementary school and junior high school in the city, infections of children and students have been confirmed in 3 other schools in total, and the city's Board of Education temporarily closes these schools.

Regarding other schools, it is said that there are no plans to close it at this time, but in response to the successive confirmation of infections of children and students, the city's Board of Education was , Notified that children and students should thoroughly check the temperature and check their physical condition.

Hideki Nagatomi, Director General of Health and Welfare Bureau of Kitakyushu City, calls out that “because there is a risk of infection everywhere, we would like to ask infected children and students as well as patients to not discriminate, prejudice, or bully”. ..

On the other hand, in Kitakyushu City, 34 out of 97 confirmed infections within 9 days until 31st, the route of infection is unknown.

Given this situation, Governor Ogawa of Fukuoka requested on the 30th to give priority to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare of Kato for the provision of "antigen test" test kits to Fukuoka prefecture, which can detect the presence of infection in a short time. However, the test kit will be distributed to designated infectious disease medical institutions in the prefecture.