"Hot town" Gifu Tajimi elementary school Wait until the heat is relieved without leaving home 4:5 am, August 5
In Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, which is known as a "hot town," the maximum temperature was a hot day with a maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius or higher on the 4th, and in elementary schools where classes were continued due to the effect of the new coronavirus, the heat was reduced to prevent heatstroke until the evening. Have the children wait in the classroom.
The highest temperature in Tajimi City on the 4th was the hottest day, observing the third highest temperature of 35.8 degrees in Japan.
This is due to the effect of the new coronavirus on school closure, the summer vacation of elementary and junior high schools in the city is shortened to the shortest 9 days in the country, and classes continue until Friday this week, so the city's Board of Education is We call on each school to prevent children from leaving the school.
At Koizumi Elementary School in the city, on the 4th, the time when the children in lower grades dropped out of school was delayed by about 1 hour, and they were put in a cooler-equipped classroom until about 4pm when the heat subsided.
The children went home after spending time doing homework and reading picture books in the classroom, and then went back to school and took off their masks with a parasol and took a break at the public hall to drink water and tea in the water bottle. I was careful about heat stroke by drinking.
One of the children said, "It feels cool to drink water."
"I'm new to school in August and I'm worried about heat stroke. I ask each child to check if they are sick," said Hidemi Kimura, principal of Koizumi Elementary School.