Kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school openings were delayed by two weeks, and the national nursery school was closed for two weeks.

The National Daycare Center, which was closed from the 27th of last month, is closed until the 22nd of this month.

This measure aims to minimize the movement of children and adolescents to minimize the infection of Corona 19 over the next two weeks.

Kim Kang-rip, the 1st general coordinator for the Central Disaster Safety Measures Headquarters, said in a regular briefing at the Government Complex Sejong today (5 March) that the national daycare center will be closed until March 8 to prevent infection of infants. 2 weeks extension. "

Even if the period of vacancy is extended, the government will provide teachers with their teachers for emergency jobs.

There is no restriction on the reasons for using emergency care, and the day care center should inform the guardian of the emergency care plan through family correspondence.

In case of urgent care, the teacher should go to work as usual and provide lunch and snacks as usual.

In addition, outside access control, teaching materials for nursery school, etc. should be prevented once a day, and frequent contact areas such as door handles should be disinfected from time to time.

The government receives notifications for daycare centers that do not provide emergency childcare through the Daycare Center's Inconvenience and Unfair Report Center (1670-2082).

If you violate emergency care, you can get a correction order (1st), operation suspension (2nd 1 month, 3rd 3 months, 4th 6 months).

As a worker, the guardian can take advantage of the Family Care Leave System and receive support from the child care support program, which allows you to call caregivers home.

Employers must allow a leave of up to 10 days per year if an employee applies for an urgent care leave to raise children.

Family care leave is unpaid, but the government has decided to provide 50,000 won a day for workers who spend family care leave for children under 8 years of age for a maximum of five days (10 days for single parents).

In the case of working couples, family care leave can be used to take care of children for up to 20 days and receive up to 500,000 won in total.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare provides educational and play content in an animated format that can be used to care for children at home through the Central Childcare Support Center website (http://central.childcare.go.kr).

The government also recommended extending the closure by 22 days for social welfare facilities that were supposed to be closed from the 28th of last month to the 8th of this month.

The recommended extension is the Regional Child Center, Senior Citizens 'Welfare Center, Senior Citizens' Center, Dementia Relief Center, Day and Night Care Center, Disabled Welfare Center, Day Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation Facility, Mental Rehabilitation Facility, Social Welfare Center, Homeless Center, etc. 15 kinds of service organizations.

Even if it is closed, workers will work normally for those who wish to use the facility.

We provide preventive measures such as disinfecting facilities and checking the user's heat, and provide lunch service and safety checks to vulnerable groups who need to take care of the elderly and the disabled.

In the case of elderly day / night care facilities that are first included in the recommendation for closure, emergency care demand surveys must be conducted before closing, and care personnel must be assigned to provide emergency care services.

Kim said, "The longer the closing time is, the more people will feel uncomfortable, but please understand that it is intended to prevent further inconvenience. We ask for active participation and cooperation."

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